Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The only point that would concern me and perhaps someone else would address it, is even in what Ms O'Dwyer is talking about in that there so much bureaucracy and so much more to be done in what Mr. Curtis described in his statement as highly stressed environments. Are we adding more stress if we are continuously measuring? We should certainly measure the outcomes but should we be doing more and measuring less?

Within five minutes of going into a school, one can feel whether it is open and whether its culture or ethos is right. Surely that is a better measurement than continuous measurement in a high-stress environment that leads to more bullying behaviour, possibly even from teachers and others who are highly stressed. When any of us are highly stressed, we are prone to saying something we should not or behaving in a way that we do not like.