Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Molaim an tairiscint. In his contribution, the Minister spoke a few times about whether Sinn Féin is genuine about it. Let me tell him that Sinn Féin is responsible for steering the education system in the North through the most progressive, deep-rooted and radical reform of education since partition under huge opposition from conservative elements. First under Martin McGuinness, then under Caitríona Ruane and now under John O'Dowd, the positive impact of that reform is evident in the greatly improved and improving proportion of students achieving five GCSEs at grades A* to C. For boys, the increase over ten years has been 24%, while for girls, the increase has been 17%. The education budget has also significantly increased, as have the numbers of school building projects that are underway. Last year, the school budget increased by 20% to £1.1 billion. The Irish medium sector is the fastest growing sector in Northern Ireland with almost 3,000 students in 39 schools. More money has been invested in integrated education under Sinn Féin than at any time. During the Stormont House talks recently, we managed to secure £500 million for education for ten years.

All of these positive achievements are evidence-----

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