Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)

I want to start my concluding remarks by saying that some of the utterances from Deputy Danny Healy-Rae were ignorant, ill-informed, insensitive, offensive and disgusting. He should withdraw them. They represent the height of ignorance.

The debate, otherwise, was important. It is incredibly frustrating. I say that on my behalf and on behalf of anyone with an interest in this matter. The term "gaslighting" was used. The Minister of State is taking people for fools. He and the senior Minister continually refusing to answer basic questions or provide information that we know they have is deliberate. This undermines the Minister's bona fides in relation to his job.

I ask the Minister of State to withdraw the amendment and look at what we are asking him to do. In every measure that we are calling for, we are asking the Government to leverage the energy of parents and school leaders to deliver solutions and appropriate school places for every child. The bureaucratic barriers that are being put up time and again should be done away with and the energy of parents who are fighting for their children and who are absolutely to be admired should be leveraged.

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