Nicola Threadgold

Or perhaps the Catholic Church would pay the salaries of teachers in Catholic schools? That would save the state a lot of money?

Yes perhaps we should privatise a lot of those services. That worked well in Maggie Thatcher's UK?

Entry to that "great" pension scheme you mention ended in 1995 over 30 year ago. Best to have up to date information before posting generalisations about pension provision in the public sector.

I agree completely.

Yes the ASC is never mentioned when comparisons are made between public and private sector salaries. It is an additional tax solely for public servants.

There was also an issue with Coronation St last night with the 2nd half bring broadcast from 8.30.

Really wild in Dublin and no warning from @MetEireann.

@MichaelPTKelly You are incorrect about the spend on education.

Incorrect. Ireland spends less on education than OECD average, new data shows –

Again hard working tax payers includes the majority of public sector workers. This should have been sorted by government over the summer. It should never have come to this.

Can you send me a link to that data. I am prepared to be corrected.

Pitting private and public sector workers against each other is never helpful.

Is there a difference in the tax system between public and private workers? Do you not consider any public servants to be hard working? Private sector banks caused the economic crash.

I think you will find the education system performs very well by international comparison despite relatively low levels of funding compared to other EU countries.

"These people" include paramedics at the scene of accidents, fire brigade staff, brain surgeons, special needs teachers, critical care nurses etc. The country could not function without the work they do and your generalisation about them being "very well paid" is not helpful

I agree completely.

INTO rep was very poor on Morning Ireland this morning I thought. She stated that voluntary work could continue as normal as this wasn't affected by the Directive. She also forgot to mention that Croke Park hours were unpaid.

There is a shortage of teachers Adam, so it's not too late to apply for those fantastic annual leave benefits?

I thought his performance was amazing. Thanks for posting.

I certainly agree with your latter point. The first one is more complex ro solve and the person replacing the sacked minister may face a similar challenge. There are already performance management systems in some areas of the PS bur I am not familiar with them.