Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 31 is the one I want to focus on because I understand the process that will be put in place. Even at local board of management level, it is difficult encouraging parents to get involved. Trying to convince a parent representative to sit on an ETB is a significant challenge. This amendment says that every assistance needs to be given to those parents. We need to look at whether there is some additional training or assistance that needs to be given to the various parents' association within an ETB board area to enable those parents to have the confidence and ability to go forward and sit on the board.

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