Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My amendment and the others state that literacy and numeracy should be central to training and retraining programmes implemented and co-ordinated by SOLAS, which should be directly linked to and carried out in conjunction with the Government’s national literacy strategy for children and young people. I cannot see any issue with prescribing this in the legislation. The trouble is that if it is not prescribed, someone may not proceed to address this issue. If I am not satisfied with the conversation before Report Stage, I will be resubmitting these amendments on Report Stage and pressing them to a vote. It is not about symbolism.