Rónán Mullen (Independent)

-----and no one was in a position to scrutinise seriously what was going on in recent years. If we had had a stronger Legislature, where instead of sucking up to Government or Opposition leadership, politicians saw themselves as having a responsibility to scrutinise and assess what the Government was doing, we might not have let ourselves fall into this hole. If we have the grace to learn from our mistakes, we will do so. However, if we play the blame game or seek to be politically opportunistic, we will most likely make these mistakes again in the future.

What will be done about investment in education? There is a startling statistic-----