A chara, - Can I take it that all those TDs demanding a "productivity deal" from secondary teachers will be volunteering to link their own pay claims from the public purse to productivity and accountability? I can see how you gauge productivity in making machines on a factory line, but how does one measure it in terms of achieving the potential of children of widely varying strengths, interests and family backgrounds? - Is mise,
Cllr Sean Crowe, (Sinn Fein), Tallaght, Dublin 24.