Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Things have moved on since then but the Minister fails to accept that.

I am glad that the Minister has finally said she will publish the task force's final report this month, but I want her to get a real grasp of the issue. I have never suggested that indiscipline affects every school or is a problem of crisis proportions but it is a serious problem for those whose children, families, schools and communities are affected. I do not want the Minister to be in a perpetual state of being appalled and alarmed, as she seems to be, but I wish she would open her eyes to the depths of the problem.

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