Lisa Chambers (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Senator Lombard spoke about St. Killian’s Special School and sought a similar school in the other part of the constituency. He also spoke about the changes coming about at An Post and how certain post offices are for sale. He wants the areas that they are being relocated to be fit for purpose and capable of facilitating people using those important services.

Senators Mullen and Keogan discussed the SPHE programme. Senator Mullen spoke about how the programme worked in line with child protection and asked for a debate with the Minister for Education. We will request that debate, but I am not sure we will get to have it, given our schedule for the next number of weeks, of which we are all aware.

I must disagree with Senator Keogan on calling for the Minister, Deputy Foley, to resign. She has been a good Minister for Education. We forget that, when she first acquired this brief, she landed into the Cabinet in the middle of the Covid pandemic. She did an incredible job managing schools, teachers and pupils in a really difficult environment.