Dan Boyle (Green Party)

It is welcome that we will have a debate on education in general, including third level and primary, in the coming weeks during which such views can be expressed.

Senator Fitzgerald also spoke about the proposed referendum on children's rights. We had a debate on the report released last week. To be fair to the Minister of State, he made a relatively definitive comment on the matter when he said the holding of such a referendum was closer than it had ever been. I do not take that comment as being negative.