Dr. Patrick Prendergast:

Obviously, the fact that I was nodding indicates that naturally I agree with the points Dr. Brady is making. It is an issue that there are no differentiated pay rates. Every professor is on a standard pay scale. Deputy Paschal Donohoe read out the standard pay scales which are set by the Government, not by universities. It would be better if we had an environment in which flexibility was introduced, whereby we could reward those performing more high level management roles. This could be done within the same funding envelope. We are not saying we need more to do this, but the constraints and inflexibilities in the system do not provide for the best remuneration environment we could have in the university sector.