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

We will now go through programme-by-programme considerations, beginning with programme A. It will be in the usual order of the committee: first the Opposition spokespersons, then Government, and then everyone else. Programme A is first, second and early years education. We will allow 45 minutes for the discussion of this and I refer members to page 14 of the Department's brief and page 5 of the committee secretariat notes. We will begin with Deputy McConalogue, whom I would ask to be brief.