Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a real issue in the House where people do not want to hear the answer to a question, even interrupting in the first sentence of a reply. I can understand being interrupted after three or four sentences, but when one is interrupted half way through the first sentence, it indicates that the Deputy who has asked the question does not want an answer. I shall give an answer. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, will be before the Select Committee on Education and Skills where he will indicate a policy on behalf of the Government that we should end the practice of children being denied entry to schools based on their religion. There will need to be safeguards put in place to protect the ethos of minority schools. He will outline today how we believe that can be done.

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