Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

He will not get his hands on my money. The Senator asked for a debate on the matter.

Senator Browne referred to home births. There is a constant debate on that issue. The established health service does not like people to have home births. It thinks that people cannot have babies in the absence of health service providers. This is always a contentious issue. The Senator said that the Health and Safety Authority should investigate primary and secondary schools, as happened with the health issue.

Senator Feighan asked for the debate on the public and private sectors to be measured and factual. I will seek to arrange such a debate next week.

Senator Fitzgerald, who is aware of what is happening in the education sector, referred to special needs in education and the redeployment of staff and to events at Marino College. We must get the facts on what happened in the college. The Department of Education and Science said that it is not a matter for it, even though it provides a per capita grant per student. We need an explanation of what happened.