Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

Of course. I agree with Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the public sector reform report which has been published. It should be coupled with Senator O'Toole's call regarding education and the need for front-line staff to be protected. Public sector reform must not be about removing the vital people of whom we have insufficient numbers in so many vital areas on the front line, it should be about removing the fat and the overly burdensome administration, much of which is needless, throughout the public service. I support that call for a debate regarding all the people in the wonderful teaching profession who are under threat.