Madam, - Commenting on possible job losses in the private sector's high-tech industries, Bertie Ahern says: "We have to be very conscious of wage rates and watch for market forces" (The Irish Times, March 6th). I presume this also applies to his own Ministers and civil servants in the public sector. - Yours, etc,
ANTHONY BURKE, Hazelbury Park, Clonee, Dublin 15.