Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

North-South Enrolment in Tertiary Education: Discussion

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Part of the reason for that is the terms of employment and pay. Mr. Jones mentioned the precarity of employment in Ireland. A couple of years ago we had a person before this committee who was a PhD student lecturing in a third level institution in Ireland. We were shocked at what he was being paid for lecturing. Have things improved in any way?