"To paraphrase a highly successful campaign on the other side of the Big Pond recently – can we accept a moratorium on appointments and promotions – No, we can't." – Pat Aherne, executive committee TUI Cork Institute of Technology.
"An old man in Donegal once told me that the art of taxation lies in so plucking the goose as to get the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing. Delegates, I don't have to tell you we are being well and truly plucked, and if we don't start hissing soon, the few feathers we have left will soon be gone." – Manus Brennan, executive committee TUI Donegal
ASTI
"We watched in horror the onslaught in public service pensions that took place after the last benchmarking report. If Ictu had responded then we would have been saved the onslaught that has happened since." – Bernadine O'Sullivan
"We're being decimated. The worst thing that has happened to us is the cuts to our pensions. I am raging that we have been left leaderless and headless. The pension was the only thing that made it worthwhile to be in teaching when it came to money." – Sheila Parsons
"I do not like the way the discussion is going. It's personalised against the general secretary. It's quite easy to attack David Begg when he's not here. I am secure as a teacher after 40 years service. " – John Hurley