Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I believe passionately in this and that we should not confuse equality of outcome with the equality of opportunity we often get in a meritocracy, whereby you start from 50 m and I start from 100 m, we say the finish line is in the same place and we say, "Was it not great we all got to run in the same race?" That is not really how society works. Well, it is how society works but it is not how society should work. I believe we should move in this direction. I read all the language on the together for better website but I still do not know how that translates into what will happen daily. The Minister refers to a DEIS-type model. That is fine and well. He says it could be within a placement or it could be more targeted. I understand the idea of targeting areas of particular social disadvantage but I want to know what that means in terms of people coming into a service and delivering something. From everything I have read about this, I do not quite understand. I have an idea of what we are trying to achieve but I do not really understand in that nuts-and-bolts way what it is we will actually do.

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