Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate

9:30 am

Dr. Harold Hislop:

That is as it should be because it is the teacher who is responsible for the child's cognitive development, the development of his or her knowledge and the development of wider skills. As I said, there is evidence that when teachers are involved directly as much as possible with the child in the development of his or her intellectual, social and other capacities-----