Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan:

I will explain. I am like a bold child in school, nodding her head in the back. I explained earlier that I was an early school leaver, which is my excuse. My issue was about the misrepresentation, not by Ms O'Brien, but of the success of the DEIS scheme. I was very excited when the DEIS report was released, not only as an academic in the area but as a practitioner. I was peeved when I delved down into the statistics, which showed there were no gains for the DEIS students in literacy, maths or retention in comparison with national averages.