Third Level Staff
Dail Éireann — 2021-07-08
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

I thank the Minister. I welcome that but this is something to which we need to return every time we engage in here because, until such time as this is fixed, it will have an impact, and not only on lecturers. The Minister referred to PhD students, who are really and truly exploited across the board because of the way the system is set up. We have to change the system. Will the Minister provide a timeline whereby we can see the impact of the work being done to change this?
It is not acceptable that students are working and being taught in an environment where this exploitation is happening. Moreover, on an individual level, people cannot get security in regard to family, mortgages, credit and so on because of their precarious circumstances. It is not right and it needs to be fixed.

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