Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister's affirmation that proper and adequate consultation with the education partners will continue. To avoid doubt and uncertainty, could the Minister's correspondence with the education partners be issued immediately following the signing of the legislation by President Higgins? It is important that there not be a lacuna, that the processes that have worked satisfactorily continue and that the role of the education partners continue to be valued by the Minister and his Department.

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