Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Ms Doyle comes from a rural part of County Wexford which I am very aware of. I have no doubt the students in Ramsgrange Community School are a diverse group of people, as I have no doubt is the case in every secondary school across the country. Would Ms Doyle come across many students questioning her beliefs or policy thinking on climate change? Senator Malcolm Byrne spoke about climate change deniers or sceptics. I have no doubt those in Ms Doyle's school probably come from a typical rural and farming background. I am not picking on people involved in farming and agriculture here but they have some very strong views on climate change and on the direction the Government is taking in regard to the changes we have had to implement over the past number of years, such as the big changes they have had to make in the agricultural industry and so forth, as have people in general. I am sure one of the biggest challenges for Ramsgrange Community School, which is a rural school, is the number of students driving their own cars to the school, parking and so forth. That is an issue in many secondary schools where they cannot provide parking for secondary students. What is Ms Doyle's experience of dealing with other students and bringing them around to her way of thinking and everything in that respect?