Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

The Leader should invite the Minister for Education and Science to come before the House following the recess in order that we might engage in a proper debate about class sizes and funding. I agree with Senator White about schools being forced to fund-raise. I recently heard about a school in Mayo which has four teachers and which is expected to raise in excess of €100,000 in order to obtain a new school building.

Will the Leader also arrange a debate on ComReg following the recess? There are many interesting aspects to the debate on ComReg in terms of issues such as mobile phone masts, regulation, etc. In particular, there is now a plan to introduce postal codes for the Dublin area. This plan should be extended nationwide. The ComReg report offers plenty of food for thought and it would be useful if we could have a debate on that topic.