Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The teacher unions need to engage in discussions. The Minister has said it will be a two part system - 60% will be addressed through the traditional examination which Sinn Féin wants to see as the cornerstone of the system, while 40% will take into account what we have all learned will stand to children when they come out of primary and secondary school and enter the wider world. The teacher unions need to pause and think again about what is best for our precious children.

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