In regard to education, this Government's ambition in the new programme, which was ratified by the Dáil, is to build a knowledge society and for education to be at the heart of a more cohesive and more equal society and to be the engine of sustainable economic growth. We need to shift the debate from one about inputs to one about outcomes. There is a range of proposals in the programme for Government that seeks to ensure maximum quality outcomes at all levels of the education system.

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