Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The emergence of a legal problem has come as a great surprise to people outside the Department of Education and Science. Educate Together did a great deal of work in respect of removing impediments to recognition and with regard to having its existing patronage extended. Is the Minister prepared to publish the legal advice he received in respect of the impediments and difficulties that exist in order that we might be of assistance in resolving this problem? I do not believe he is opposed to Educate Together becoming a patron at second level. However, a barrier exists somewhere. For as long as that barrier remains secret, obscure or incapable of being explained, all sorts of suspicions will be bandied about in respect of the Minister and his stewardship of the Department.

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