Mr. Noel Malone:

In Limerick, it has an enhanced role by arrangement. It does a very good job. That is why I suggest it. Those centres have no particular axe to grind. The Limerick one is doing a particular job. In effect, it is a secretariat. It is administered by the administrators and there is an integrity from the beginning. People trust it. That is the bottom line.

All engagements parents have are not with the individual school in Limerick, where there are 16 schools, but with the education centre. When one applies to a school, the school sends the application to the education centre. Today, for example, we got a letter from the education centre stating the following students have applied to us as their number one choice. We will say "Yes" or "No", send them back to the education centre, and by Friday it will move on to the number two choice, and then the number three choice. It is administered completely in that regard. That model could be looked at. It would be transparent and probably alleviate many of the issues we have with section 29 appeals because it would be independent and an education centre or other body would have the scope to think outside the box and think beyond the particular case of a student trying to get into a particular school, because it may not even be the best fit.