Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As I said, I am going to turn to another issue where resources come into play. I am addressing a letter from Ms McCaffrey to the Chairperson of the joint Oireachtas committee on education. As she knows, we visited Mountjoy. She pointed to some of the increased investment that has been made in the educational budget. It is difficult to pick out the educational budget. I can see the education services line and there is a welcome increase in 2022 to €1.4 million from what was under a €1 million in 2022, if I have that the right way around. There is obviously the staffing component. For example, the school was not open as many hours as it should have been because of the difficulty of getting people safely to and from. Likewise, the library service was closed for quite a bit of 2021 because it was difficult to keep it staffed and to get people there securely. That is one of the things our report shone a light on. Has there been movement? Have these issues been addressed? Are we happy people are getting the services they should be able to access?