Mr. Kieran Christie:

Yes, we did. We worked closely with our colleagues in the Joint Managerial Body, JMB, to have that matter addressed. The Senator is right that there is a perception of fee-paying schools having the children of the rich, but that is not the full story, particularly in the denominational schools, which have people from all sorts of backgrounds. We took up the cudgel, together with the managerial bodies, on that matter as best we could. The resolution was less than we would have liked but at least we got some movement from the opening position of the Department, which had been harsh in the context of a pandemic.