Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I will have that reference to section 25 followed up and will be in contact with the Deputy. I do not have the exact information available to me. I share the Deputy's view that highly paid academics who are engaged in much research work should also teach. The ideal model expressed to me by the Irish Universities Association and by other professional educationalists is that a well qualified senior lecturer should combine research, teaching and work in the public community to a ratio of 40:40:20.

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