Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills
1:35 pm
Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Yes. I welcome the acknowledgement of the distinction between working capital assets and capital assets, which is important. With regard to the €6 million figure, does that arise from applying that distinction or is that the total amount before a distinction is made between working capital and overall capital?
In the context of the Haddington Road agreement, has there been any progress with unions in regard to young, newly qualified teachers who are currently out of work being able to come into the system to alleviate some of the pressures on the front lines? Through agreement, would that be a way of helping to ease the pressures on the front lines? Has there been any discussion on that side?