Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I absolutely share Deputy Clare Daly's view on that because there are very dedicated committed teachers working in difficult situations who are struggling with the pay parity issue. Many teachers are affected by this and feel they are being penalised. I also feel they are being penalised.

We will agree our work programme later but on 27 October we hope to have representatives from the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, before us to discuss the pilot project to which reference has been made.

I welcome students and staff from Tallaght Institute of Technology who have come in for part of this session.