18-08-2023, 11:58 AM
Direct exchequer funding is a good idea, as long as safeguards are put in. It's another matter if that happens. They'll have to see out contracts already agreed. Joe Duffy's is up in 2025 I think and he'll probably retire at that stage. The rest will have to be paid market value as contracts are renewed but in most cases that's well below what they're getting now.