Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the issue of the lack of school places for children starting in our excellent primary schools in Kilcock. These are young children with rights to attend their local schools and I am receiving an increasing number of emails from their parents. Too many families are looking for too few places in north Kildare. They are just after getting out of childcare and now they find that when they are depending on their national schools, there are no places for them. I had a meeting with the Minister, Deputy Foley, last week, on the lack of school places in north Kildare and her aide assured me that the geographic information system, GIS, flagged where extra schools were necessary but it is clearly not working. What is the plan for these children starting in our excellent schools in Kilcock? The Taoiseach was with me at the reopening of St. Joseph's National School in the town. These parents need to know and our young citizens need to have their rights vindicated.

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