Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider establishing a Cabinet committee on education. [28862/17]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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51. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet Committee which has responsibility for education. [29058/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 51 together.

The Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform provides the basis for cross-Departmental co-ordination in delivery of Programme for Government commitments in areas of social policy and social inclusion, including commitments in the area of education.

As I have stated previously in the House, my intention is to reconfigure the Cabinet sub-committees with the aim of making them more focused. I will of course inform the House of my decision in due course.