General secretary of second-level teachers’ union says Government has not moved on from mindset of austerity

Minister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for expenditure levy on other departments to fund Department of Education deficit

Recent pay rises leave teachers feeling they amounted to ‘half or less than half’ rate of inflation’

Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference

Public body spending public money to prepare for hearing ‘ludicrous’, TD says

Ministers maintain human oversight remains a non-negotiable component in carrying out certain tasks

Conferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisis

Minister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme

Additional money would go towards special education services and school transport scheme

Concerns over threat to key infrastructure raised in private submissions by Government departments and State agencies

New HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor says financial position of health service after first two months of year ‘extremely concerning’

Financial statement reveals hospital was hit by a €40,000 fraud last year

HSE has been examining whether hospital boards were compliant with Government pay policy in setting CEO salaries

Union survey finds high level of concern that AI has changed practical meaning of what constitutes ‘student work’ in Leaving Cert

One investigation relating to sum of €1,100 resulted in criminal proceedings against a garda