Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The key speakers will be invited to circulate their papers. One aspect of the value of this process is that it will allow people to listen to the points being put forward by other groups. Officials of my Department and I have met the various representatives and there are also bilateral arrangements in place. In the context of the ongoing structured dialogue involving the State and the churches, education is always one of the key issues. Any one of us could probably outline what each of the individual patron bodies, the teachers, the INTO, the principals or the parents have to say on this matter. However, it is really important that each group should listen to what the others have to say.

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