I accept the Deputy's general view with regard to the value and importance of adult education, and in particular adult tutors within the education and training boards, ETBs, and the adult education sector. The Deputy will be aware there has been an ongoing issue and a campaign around this but it is within an industrial relations framework. Various offers have been made and various hearings have been heard. We would like to see this accelerated as quickly as we possibly can to get a resolution to these issues to respect and reflect the contribution that adult tutors make to adult education and to education in general.

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