Teacher TDs should hand back the money

JUST when you thought that you could not get any more cynical about politicians, the Irish Examiner lead story (October 20) exposes the leave-of-absence pay for former teachers who are currently serving in the Oireachtas.

Wed, 22 Oct, 2003 - 01:00

It is a disgrace that the named TDs and senators are still earning money for work they are no longer carrying out it's bad enough that they are being paid for not doing the work that we elected them to do!

They should rescind their teaching contracts immediately and return the money that they earned since being elected to be spent far more worthily on the many neglected aspects of our education system.

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