Jim D'Arcy (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader invite the Minister for Education and Skills to the House for a question and answer session on education? The education of our children is the most important issue facing us. Our universities are slipping in the world ranking not because their standards are falling but because they are not keeping pace. The religious institutions, for all their faults, led the process of educating our young people for years. We owe them a debt of gratitude but the State must now take over that function and give a direction to our education system.

One of our presidential candidates has stated that there were many west Brits in or around Dublin. I ask the Leader to find out if that includes Haggardstown-----