Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Always. This weekend in my home town of Fermoy, the Thomas Kent school of history symposium is being held. I ask the Taoiseach to propose that the Department of Education and Skills revisit the downgrading of history as a subject in the new junior certificate. History should be kept compulsory in light of the changing facade of modern day society. It must be acknowledged that things being decided today are often based on what we know from the past. That is why history should be kept as a compulsory subject in our curriculum.

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