Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In cases like that, the Department would not be spending the same amount of money transporting them to a different school than the school they are currently attending, so the transport costs still arise even though a classroom would also have to be built. I understand that the Department has to be strict in applying a rule, but there also has to be room for common sense.

It is a question of being equitable. There has to be room for common sense too in respect of some of them. I would like the Minister of State to take that into account in some situations.