Eileen Flynn (Independent)
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My first question today relates to the ethnicity identifier in the context of school performance and engagement. We still do not know how many Travellers, Muslims or people from various ethnic minority groups there are in our schools. One of my first jobs was as an education officer with the Irish Traveller Movement in 2011 and 2012. At that time, it was very difficult to get information from the Department on the performance of Traveller children in the education.

I am also interested in hearing about the Department's consultation with young people. Did somebody say that the Department does not write down what young people say or did I hear that incorrectly?