Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

PE is compulsory in the primary and post-primary curricula. I do not say we do not have an interest; we have a keen interest in ensuring health promotion and so on. A number of areas in the curriculum are vital but individual schools also have to have their own take on these things. For example, in the junior cycle reform, on some of the short courses, schools may decide to focus on particular aspects of the curriculum but we cannot control from Athlone, Tullamore or Dublin what individual schools do. We have an enabling framework in place. Our aim is an increasingly enabling curriculum with schools making choices and teachers being empowered within that. To be fair, the teachers and the principals do this and we have all seen great examples of teachers doing activities outside schools as well as compulsory activities such as parent-teacher meetings. I refer to the engagement with children. That is very important.