Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

——as a matter of urgency to clarify for all her position and also where boards of management stand now in terms of the future governance of primary schools.

On a separate issue, I support my fellow Senators from County Galway and others who spoke about the water crisis in that county. Regarding what Senator O'Toole raised, the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, had an underspend of €50 million in his section of responsibility. That money would have gone a long way towards the maintenance of the water courses in that area and alleviated the problems being experienced.