Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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I do not have a question, but I want to highlight some of our frustrations. The Minister for public expenditure will be before the Dáil for oral questions next week. I submitted a question specifically around the engagement with Fórsa on this issue. It has been rejected and diverted to the Minister for Education and Youth. That is part of the frustration at this end.

Some of the witnesses will know Teresa, who is the secretary in the school that my children go to. She has been out on this issue. She has been in the job for 27 years and is incredible. It is totally unjust and unfair. When our kids are learning their letters, they say that "B is for Bernard". Who is Bernard? He is the caretaker. That just happens organically and naturally because he is at the heart of everything in the school. That is replicated across the country.