Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Getting on to the specifics, my real question - I understand they measure the distance - relates to towns where there are a number of schools where there is an issue with what is called the central measuring point. Would the Secretary General speak about who picked the central measuring point, probably whenever the system was established? How was the measuring point identified? It is fine if it is one house to one school in a local town because the people know it is from the front gate of one to the front gate of the other. In a town with three secondary schools, however, the Department operates what it calls a central measuring point. How is that selected or who identifies which is the point because the point one picks will have an impact on the distance to the student's home as to whether or not the student is eligible? How does the Department pick the central measuring point in towns?