Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I expect to meet with the education partners in the near future and look forward to hearing their views, as well as having a constructive relationship. I will not give any commitments today in advance of these discussions. The phased approach gives everyone involved the opportunity to develop competences, capacity and to manage the reform in a measured way. This was the approach of my predecessor and will continue to be the approach.

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