Gareth Scahill (Fine Gael)

I thank our guests for their contributions this morning. We have had discussions about the 72-hour obligation and how some of the work is unrelated, trivial and demeaning. Only yesterday in the Seanad I raised the issue of school dinners for a lot of small schools. They have been told by providers that they cannot be provided with hot meals any more because their numbers were below the threshold required in order to have someone to administer those dinners. My argument was that the principals and administrative staff were going above and beyond to deliver for their students.

It is the very same as the SNA teachers; they are always thinking of the students. That is where I am coming from with this. That is the vocation of the job that a lot of these people choose.

Mr. Pike mentioned the workforce development review. Will he enlighten us on what Fórsa's recommendations and contribution to that review were?