Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My objective is to ensure we give the maximum opportunity to our students to reach leaving certificate level, to achieve to the best of their ability and to be happy as they do so. I recognise and welcome that the report acknowledges the need for different types of education provision. That is very positive step forward. I would be supportive of any mechanism to meet the needs of children and young people to attain to the best of their capability. That includes the centres the Chairman referenced. It includes any mechanism we need to allow them the facility to achieve as they should achieve, particularly for those who have found that the existing system does not suit their needs.