Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There is a lot there. We will go first to Mr. Byrne. Those first questions were around the research on co-educational schools. That was a question I was going to ask, so I am delighted Senator Higgins raised it. I have discussed it with Deputy Ó Ríordáin many times in the context of his Bill to phase out single-sex schools. The low number of what we strangely call “mixed schools” in Ireland is extraordinary, and Mr. Byrne has given the figures on this.

It is such an odd phrase that no other country uses. I would be delighted to hear a response to that. We will give Ms Neville and Ms Exton the last word if they wish to respond to Senator Higgins's broader comments about culture, decolonisation and other matters.