Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

One thing I acknowledge in the report is the statistic that 96% of guidance counsellors are released from their schools for supervision, and that is good. Another statistic indicates that fee-paying schools have lost less as a result of the impact of what has been happening with guidance counsellors. I acknowledge that for any ill that comes up in society the answer is that the schools will deal with it. We are losing the skill set of a group of people who could be leaders when it comes to addressing the ills that come up in society.

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