Dáil debates

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

10:30 am

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I too wish all young students, boys and girls all over the country, the very best in their examinations which start this morning. It is a trying period for many of them. Like many others I had to send a text this morning to wish somebody the best of luck. I too wish to be associated with the Deputy's remarks about the teachers and parents and all who support the next generation. Yesterday, on the steps of Government Buildings, the Dell Corporation announced that its first global siting of a cloud computing facility here was built around the capacity of our young people to meet the various challenges coming down the line. From that point of view, I share the Deputy's sentiments completely.

I also agree that education must be regarded as a priority by any government as a country faces the challenges of the future and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, has said so on many occasions. Indeed, I read his report in this morning's newspaper about his own leaving certificate and he was honest and truthful enough to say that the leaving certificate he sat in 1964 would not now qualify him for architecture, his chosen profession in which he was very successful -----

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