Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Education and Skills does not agree with the Bill. He made that clear to our spokesperson ten minutes ago. People are entitled to different perspectives on legislation and I do not have an issue with that. It is legitimate, but we should be very straight up about it. It should not just disappear off the agenda suddenly. It was alerted to me about 25 minutes ago that there was an issue around the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill. Generally speaking, the Dáil and the business committee should be prioritising what Bills we think are important. We only have six weeks or so before the summer recess. It is 1 June now and we may have two months. Realistically speaking, what Bills are we going to get through in the next two months? Is it not within the capacity of the Oireachtas to decide three or four Bills that will definitely be progressed before the summer recess and take it after that?

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