Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are having this discussion in advance of the next meeting of the EU Council of Ministers on Education, Youth and Culture which will take place on 26 November. I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, and his officials. The Minister will stay with us until 2.30 p.m.

Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable.

I invite the Minister to brief us on the next EU Council of Ministers Meeting on Education, Youth and Culture scheduled for later this month.