IFUT has expressed some concern that any abolition of allowances paid to academic staff in Irish Universities would not apply to those allowances which staff are paid for performing extra duties.
IFUT General Secretary, Mike Jennings, said that IFUT wanted complete transparency in the payment of allowances and was critical of those allowances which were not [...]
In a letter to The Irish Times in a further reply to Tom Begley’s article, IFUT President, Joe Brady, writes:
“Professor Tom Begley … argues for very high salaries for certain academics because that is what it takes to attract the world class. It would be a mistake to allow this viewpoint to take root in [...]
In his reply to Professor Tom Begley’s article, “Paying for a knowledge economy”, in The Irish Times on 19 September, the General Secretary, Mike Jennings, writes:
“What the Irish Federation of University Teachers found to be “truly shocking” was not that university staff can make a good case for high salaries (unlikely, don’t you think?). [...]
In a letter (unpublished) to The Irish Times, the President, Joe Brady, writes:
“Minister Bat O´Keeffe is right to raise the issue of how universities spend the public’s money. Without doubt, universities should get value for money and spending decisions should be taken in an open and transparent manner. This union has questioned the wisdom of [...]
IFUT condemns the decision by the HEA not to disclose details of the exceptionally high salaries paid to almost twenty senior personnel in six of the seven universities under its remit.
Earlier this year, IFUT, using the Freedom of Information Act, exposed the secret salary levels paid to certain senior personnel in UCD. Now, by further [...]
Ten senior members of staff in University College Dublin are earning €2.4 million between them, according to details obtained by IFUT under a Freedom of Information request. One senior academic, the Vice-President for Research, Professor Des Fitzgerald, is in receipt of a salary package worth over €400 000 per annum.The Irish Independent article is available [...]