Teachers are discussing pay and conditions at their annual conferences this week.
They are looking for pay cuts imposed on all new entrants since 2011 to be reversed.
The three teaching unions are looking for negotiations with the Department of Education on pay and conditions.
At the INTO conference, young Primary School teachers have told delegates they cant move out of home because pay is so poor.
From their conference in Co. Wexford Juliette Gash reports;