Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a pity that the petition is going to be dealt with in the next Dáil because many of use might not be on this committee the next time round. The petition is very good in terms of the way it has been handled and put to us. The matter involves each and every one of us because we all have come across cases where people cannot get their children into certain schools, particularly with the new changes to school systems when it comes to admitting pupils. Various schools have capacity issues and we would hate to see people being discriminated against based on religious grounds when they want to attend a certain school.