Professor Mary Gallagher:

The casualisation of posts has all the problems that Senator Craughwell mentioned plus others, including those that Dr. Foley mentioned. Staff are put in a position where they have no freedom for manoeuvre. The dumbing down of hard subjects is the issue I am most worried about. That private colleges such as Hibernia will be providing the staff who will be educators in our primary and secondary schools is something that I find very worrying.