Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)

I hope that the witnesses can attend the Joint Committee on Education and Youth because this issue is really important. I am struck by how not everyone who sits on the education committee comes from an education background. I am saying this as if I were the Chairperson of that committee, which I am not, but it would be great to have the witnesses in so that could hear about that lens.

Unfortunately, due to Departments being separate and data being collected in a certain way, links are often not made in terms of the transition from mainstream school to alternative education. I would love to see that transition being smoother because one can see the success stories of the young people who go to those settings.