Mr. Damian White:

Our second level colleagues might be too shy to say it, although I am not so sure, knowing Mr. Irwin as I do, but I attended a virtual graduation the other day and it was an outstanding ceremony. I was almost moved to tears with pride in all the children and in how they spoke of their school, the fond times they had in it, in the good programmes they did and in the relationships they had. I am talking about Killina Presentation Secondary School in County Offaly. It is an outstanding school and is representative of schools across the country. I will always vouch for teachers at primary level, but I will certainly vouch for our colleagues at second level and for how they have looked out for their students during the last dark and difficult 15 or 16 months.