Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We all agree that it is basically age discrimination. If there was gender discrimination, we would all be up in arms. It is age discrimination. I believe, and I said this to groups of teachers who have appeared before the committee and particularly primary school teachers, that whatever money is available for wages and wage restoration should first be used to end that discrimination as it cannot be called anything else. Pursuing that objective will certainly have my full support.