Peter Roche (Galway East, Fine Gael)

It was mentioned that, once a need was established, be it for a building or whatever, the length of time it took to be met meant that the student had often finished with national school. Therein lies a crisis.

I am more enlightened after today's contribution from the witnesses. It just proves the body of work that the Department has to do. It is as simple as that. There are deficits and they need to be addressed.