Parliamentary teachers give others a break

YOUR correspondents, Declan Cashin and Maurice Fitzgerald (Irish Examiner, Oct 22 ) can be forgiven their instant incandescence over the substitute payments arrangements for teachers who are members of the Oireachtas.

They clearly do not understand the details or context of the scheme.

Its purpose is precisely to prevent double-jobbing. When a sub goes in, there are two individual full-time jobholders, two jobs, two salaries.