Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister can talk about reform all she likes, but the fact is that the teachers are going on strike, not because they are not brilliant and creative, but because internal assessment will not work. They want external assessment of their great work, and the honesty and national standardisation that comes with that, which we all grew up with. It does not matter what the subject is, it should be externally assessed. There will be an impasse and I am backing the teachers, because I am 35 years in education - all aspects of it - and I feel that I come with some experience of what I am talking about-----