Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

My understanding is that the subject inspection is the teaching and learning of the subject. Obviously, that would have to include the way the subject is being taught and received at the other end, so to speak. On the inspections, candidates may be part of the whole school evaluation or may be involved in a stand-alone inspection. The next ones that are planned, which will be very useful, are junior certificate science, English and history during this year. We will publish the one on Irish and they will undertake the reports on the others. That should give a good view of the type of work going on in the schools.

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