Ms Stephanie Manahan:

I thank Deputy Dowds. As the Deputy is aware I have been in the post for four weeks. During those four weeks I visited the school three times. The chairman and one other member of the board accompanied me on one of those visits. The CRC is very committed - certainly I am - and I know the board is very committed to the schools and the excellent service those schools provide. I look forward to working closely with Mr. Pat Healy's office to ensure the school is very involved and engaged in the process. To date there have been a number of meetings at which senior CRC staff have been represented. Certainly as one of my priorities, I need to brief myself to see how the progress of the zero to 18 piece is being rolled out across the different areas in which the CRC is involved. I stress that is one of my priorities.