Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate where the Senator is coming from. One of the things we are trying to avoid here is uniformity. Senator Ruane, other Senators in the House and I know that no two schools are the same in ethos and philosophy. I reassure the Senator that there is provision for this within the guidelines. The education partners will include student representative bodies as well and I know we are living in a period where the voice of the student is becoming stronger and louder and there is a sense of urgency in that voice as well. When the education partners meet at the consultative stage of the development of this Bill, there will be a lot of suggestions for the guidelines. I reiterate I am confident they will get it right. I know what the Senator is saying about whether there should be a prescription around how many meetings a year the student councils should have but that gets the Bill into-----