Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate the point Deputy Jan O'Sullivan made which was alluded to by a number of others as well because I think it is key. We can get caught up in the minutiae and say we need this and we need that but surely what we need, and Ms McDermott put it extremely well, is core support for the principle of truly free education. That has to be our starting point and Deputy O'Sullivan made that point very well. If we all can buy into that idea, that is the starting point. If we go below that, we are back into trading and bartering something that should be a core part of a Republic.