Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are 730 schools closed today. I do not see why the Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has to follow the policies of the former Minister, Deputy Quinn. She is a new Minister and she could reassess the situation.

My knowledge of dealing with teachers, and there are some teachers in this House, is that they are asking how, given that they live in the communities, they can give a fair assessment of someone whom they know personally and whose family, relations and neighbours they know. One must realise it is impractical. If the Cathaoirleach was given the task of assessing the 59 Senators here and it was based on-----