A chara, - In the supplement to your edition of April 4th, entitled "Working in Education", there is a quotation attributed to me as follows: "There may be cogent reasons why the [Benchmarking Body] recommendations were made, but we just don't know them".
In fact, I do not believe that there can be any such cogent reasons. What I endeavoured to convey in a telephone conversation was that, even for those who may allege that they could exist, there is no reasoning or substantiation in the Benchmarking Body Report that can be referred to, one way or the other. - Is mise,
DALTÚN Ó CEALLAIGH, General Secretary, Irish Federation of University Teachers, Merrion Square, Dublin 2.