Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion put forward in the name of Deputy O'Sullivan and her colleagues in the Labour Party. I wish to share time with Deputies Connaughton and Kehoe.

This motion is timely as the appalling record on education of the Government must be put on the record of the Dáil. I was interested to hear the remarks of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, and her colleague, Deputy Carey, who started with a dissertation on the Opposition and then pointed out, in his own words, the issues that need to be addressed. The Deputy seemed to forget that his party has been in office for almost ten years and has had ample opportunity to deal with the issues before us tonight, many of which have not been addressed.

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