Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They have been raised by many people, public servants in the context of the Bill.

I appreciate the Minister’s understanding of the damage that casualisation can do to the teaching profession. It is a huge problem because we are losing talent. If we lose the talent standards go down. We cannot say that often enough. The Minister did not address the impact of the Bill on the lecturers’ hours come 2016. They now do 18 and 20 hours. If they go back to 16 and 18 hours, extra staff will be needed in the institutes of technology. Where does the Minister stand on that? He might say that is for the Department of Education and Skills but it is triggered by this measure being pushed through. If the Minister could touch on that I would appreciate it.