Jennifer Bray

And I think just in terms of like even the demands on teachers around the curriculum is completely different.

And yeah, you're right about the after school thing, like the integrated idea.

But I think we should always be open, really, shouldn't we?

Kind of looking at that.

But yeah, unfortunately, I think what people will remember is your comment about the part time nature of the job.

I don't think there is a short-term fix.

And I don't like the way often conversations about how to address things always seem to end up in consumers paying more.

It's always, okay, pay more, pay more.

Everything costs more.

Every single bill, everything.

It's always, and it's not the answer, particularly when people are already so hard-pressed.

I mean...

I've just come off a week of covering the different debates in the Dáil about the cost of living and the stories that the different TDs are bringing into the Dáil about people being forced to choose between, you know, their heating and their food and stuff.

So people are already right up against it.

And I think adding more costs on is not the answer.

The way I look at it is it is a longer term thing and it depresses the life out of me because the answer is things like the Metrolink crisis.

And it really, really is so frustrating when you hear when it's the same conversation year after year about we're in this part of the process where now we're held up.

OK, now we're in the next part of the process.

Now we're held up.

I am.