Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I acknowledge the work of all our education partners, and I include the parents here, and how invaluable that partnership approach is. Engagement with my Department and the National Parents Council Post-Primary is ongoing and my understanding is that there are some outstanding questions that need to be resolved. There is also a governance review under way and it is important that be allowed to continue. My Department is very open and happy to continue engagement with the post-primary parents and their organisation but where there are questions the Department needs answers or where it needs information, it must be in receipt of that also. There is an obligation on us to have the fullest of information available, notwithstanding that I am very appreciative of the work that has been done and of all that has been achieved, but we have an obligation to satisfy that the information we require is made available and when it is, that will be sufficient.