Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That proposal would be the early intervention that is required, before even coming to the ECCE level. To be fair to teachers in the national schools, they are already doing some of that themselves. If they cannot do it in the classroom children are brought out into the local community so that they can experience harvesting and making soups. I believe the suggestion the witness has made is very practical.