Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. It has been a very interesting conversation. To get some perspective, it was said that there are 68 integrated schools. Are there both primary and post-primary or secondary schools included in this figure? How many schools are there in the North? Am I right to say that there are just fewer than 1,000? If that is the case, 68 integrated schools out of 1,000 is a very low proportion. That is a pity because it is a model we all welcome.

It was also said that a poll indicated that 71% of respondents favoured integrated education. What was the size of the sample? How reflective is that figure of the attitude within the communities? Under the New Decade, New Approach agreement, it was indicated that there should be an independent review of education. Is that going to happen? If it is, is there any indication of when?