Ms Anne McDonagh:

When the Department decided to survey various parts of the country, it surveyed nine areas in Dublin and two extra areas in Arklow and Whitehall. We have had a number of meetings with the Department because of the Minister's interest in this issue. We have engaged with schools. We have held meetings with chairpersons and principals in all of those areas. In some areas, we have held meetings with full boards of management if that was what they wanted. As I said earlier, what people want at local level has not yet been ascertained. A reorganisation is taking place in one of the areas I have mentioned. It will take another little while because we are working through the process at the moment. As I have said, we are interested in providing for other choices for people. That is our aim. It will take some time. It is complex. The people to whom we talk tend to think it is a great idea, but not in their schools.