Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Is there a role for the Department of Education and Skills in this? One of the witnesses mentioned circulars. From my time as a principal, I note that circulars dictated what one did. If a circular came from the Department of Education and Skills stating that one had to do things in a particular way, that was what one had to follow. Is there a role for the Department to issue a circular allowing people some flexibility?