Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

-----anti-democratic for the sake of political power. It is in the Government's hands to change but I don't know if it can. Has the Government forgotten there are people out there, that there is a citizen, and that there is a taxpayer who pays our bills? This is how out of touch it looks at present.

I do have some good news. A year and a half ago, I and a few others set up a job creation initiative in Oranmore. This recession has been going on for a long time, and at the time, it was a local response to a national crisis. In the past two days, I have been contacted by Oman with 100 teaching jobs on offer and those involved want to attract only Irish teachers. This is good news because they are stating they believe in Irish teachers and our education system. The message from the OECD is that education is the driver of growth. I regret to state those jobs are not in this country but it is still a vote of confidence in our education system.