Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I support the call for an ongoing debate on education matters. Recent Cabinet meetings and the budget have confirmed that education spending will be prioritised during the rest of the term of this Government. We have taken a step backwards and there must be an ongoing national debate on the best use of resources. I am confident there will be changes in how those resources are used but it will take a collective change. The partners in education are part of that process and I look forward to that debate.

I promise to take care of the sensitivities of the Opposition, which feels it has the right to condemn the Government and hold it to account but that the Government cannot hold the Opposition to account.