Mary Moran (Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----and how important it is that it should be retained.

I welcome yesterday's launch by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, of the public consultation on promoting inclusiveness in primary schools. This consultation process is part of the Minister's action plan in response to the report of the advisory group to the forum on patronage and pluralism, and there is an information leaflet for parents. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents and guardians, as well as everybody involved in the education of young people, to give views and opinions on how they want children to be educated. In recent years many schools have welcomed children of many different cultures, nationalities and religious views, and this is a wonderful chance for parents to share those views. I urge all parents to become involved in the consultation process before the deadline for receipt of submissions on 22 October.

Let me raise a topic I raise at every opportunity in this House, namely, the question of the Walsh report on symphysiotomy. Could the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, be invited to this House to give us a direct answer as to when it will be published?