Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. We should not insist on that degree of compliance. We must always be a society that is bubbling with ideas, as the Minister was in his time in Earlsfort Terrace. I assume that tradition will continue.

What we have heard is interesting, exciting, developmental, and extremely valuable. I hope we will always be open to keeping discussions like this going. Universities should play a stronger role and take an interest in this most vital element of education, namely, what happens to the next generation. It has probably not been given enough prominence within third level that the most important job we do is to produce the next generation of teachers and to relate to younger people. This training up to professional standards of 87,000 people is commendable. I thank the Minister for his presence and I wish him well in the endeavour.