Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful that Senator Michael Mullins has raised the issue of the forthcoming proposed strike by teaching unions over junior cycle reform. It provides me with the opportunity to indicate in the House that Fianna Fáil supports the principle of external assessment and opposes internal assessment. I commend our colleague in the other House, Deputy Charlie McConalogue, who pushed the Government into making these reforms.