Seanad debates

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

3:45 pm

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Today, there are 350,000 young people out of school, with another day threatened in January. Moreover, it is not just the children who are studying for the junior certificate who are out, but this also affects the leaving certificate children. The Constitution states the parents are the primary educators but nobody consulted them and it is probable that 200,000 homes have been discommoded. There is talk about parents being partners in education but is this rhetoric or is it real? I must be honest and state I am very uncomfortable with the leadership-----

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