Mr. Gavan O'Leary:

I think one of the questions forwarded on to us raised performance and those within the system, that is, pupils, teachers etc. I will ask Mr. Mac Fhlannchadha to talk about that as the inspectorate is doing additional work as part of the inspection process, with inspectors talking to the primary stakeholders and those within the system.

Ms Murray might add a little to that in terms of the Growing Up in Ireland process. That also is a useful check-in for us as a Department because part of the Growing Up in Ireland, GUI, process is to ask the participants - the children and indeed the parents and guardians - about the experience on maybe a more qualitative basis as well as the figures and the quantitative basis. If I could ask Mr. Mac Fhlannchadha to start and to outline a little about the inspection process, the surveys, and the interaction with the pupils and all of that.