Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I can answer "Yes" to the latter question from Deputy Harrington.

I commend Sinn Féin for its participation in, and valid contribution to, the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children. If we do nothing else over the next number of years, we should be able to focus on providing a platform for all the children of this island to be able to compete with their peers internationally and on giving them the best education we can provide and the best opportunity to enable them to compete, to live up to their potential, to give vent to their creativity and imaginative qualities and to continue to keep the reputation of this country and its people at the highest possible level as they stand on the competitive platforms in a world that is changing rapidly.

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