Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Mr. McKelvey. Once upon a time, all of the teachers in the ETB schools would have come from a certain background. I will not say it was a privileged background. In the past ten years, I have seen that mould being broken in a big way. People whose parents often did not have the opportunity to go to secondary school now have the opportunity to teach in ETB schools. Perhaps that is where they went to school as children. I would like to see those teachers breaking the mould and going into what I will not describe as the “other” schools. That is a greater challenge for us. The mould is being broken big time, specifically in ETB schools. I see it in my local ETB schools. It is absolutely fantastic. In families where only one person finished the leaving certificate, that person is now teaching very difficult subjects such as maths, Irish and English in ETB schools. I will bring Senator Flynn back in.