Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the mother of a son who qualified last May as a secondary teacher in University College Cork, UCC, and is teaching history, economics and business, I can agree with everything the witnesses have said, and that it is not conducive to helping new teachers blossom into their careers when they are by the phone on a Sunday night. Today I am happy to say he is in Coláiste Éanna in Dublin but tomorrow he will be in Kilmacthomas in Waterford. He is getting work, thankfully but when it comes to bank holidays and holidays he picks up a different job on a farm. As a concerned mother I can agree with every word the witnesses have said.