Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have to defend the integrity of the examination system. We cannot have an individual unions deciding that it will undermine something that has been negotiated with all the trade unions over years and agreed by all except one, in a vote in which there was only a 38% turnout. Now the children may not get the opportunity to sit that part of the exam.

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