Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Yesterday, I tabled several questions seeking specific information on schools. The replies were 90% accurate but some of the information sought was not provided. Will the Minister for Education and Science, who is generally reasonable, attend to that matter?

The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has 26 Bills on the legislative programme. The crime situation here is without precedent and is achieving international notoriety. Judges of the High Court say that the law is inadequate to deal with particular cases because it does not allow them to hand down the proper sentences.

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