Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are going to write to the Department of Education and Skills and ask for a detailed response, point by point, specifically and to the last paragraph. It is a damning indictment. We are trying to talk about procurement. The education and training board maintains that the system is not fit for purpose and that the board is not permitted to correct it. That is from the Department.

We want a point-by-point explanation. I imagine the Department will be before the committee in due course but this is a serious indictment. If this is the case across the ETB sector, it is no wonder we have problems in the sector. We want a detailed point by point response to that from the Department of Education and Skills.