Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have followed the debate remotely. I am probably the last speaker. I congratulate all of the witnesses. There are some award winners here, some of whom have picked up very prestigious awards.

Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Carew said a lot in their opening statement, but I want to hone in on physical education. When I was in second level, from third year onwards I could count the number of PE lessons we had on one hand because everything was driven by academics at the time. I very much understand that was the bad old days and now subjects like PE are protected, which gives youngsters some headspace during the academic week. I ask the witnesses to elaborate on what they uncovered, because it featured in their report. How prevalent is such a practice?