Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I will refer the Deputy's last point to the Minister. I assume the school to which he refers is an official school in respect of ABA. I am well aware from meeting parents of children in schools that have been set up around the country because parents believe in ABA that such schools are entirely voluntarily funded, and the pressure on those people to continuously raise funds for teachers in whom they believe is quite considerable. This morning the Government approved the publication of the report into SNAs, which is an issue that should be debated in the House. The Deputy will find matters of considerable importance in that report that should and will be discussed here.

As I understand it, the Minister was not consulted about the preparation of the programme yesterday. I believe contact was made some time before the broadcasting of the programme asking the Minister to appear in respect of a programme that he had not seen.

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