Address by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD, at the INTO Congress [merrionstreet.ie]
- Published: 25 April 2011
I want to start by thanking you for your invitation to join you at your annual congress today and for your warm welcome.
I’m delighted to be here.
I consider myself to have been given the job I wanted in what is, in effect, a National Government.
I am anxious to ensure that all of the education partners are in no doubt of the very difficult road that lies ahead.
In my opening remarks therefore I will set out the challenges we face as a country and what that means for the education sector.
My party respects the role of the trade union movement in this country.
I understand how an annual conference must discuss and debate the issues that matter to you, whether those are issues that concern you as individuals or issues that come from your concern for the primary school system generally.
In your classrooms you strive to teach children the truth.
I want to be equally frank about the resources that are likely to be available for education in the coming period.
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