Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If a school is not oversubscribed I certainly would not favour any exceptions. In my view, if a school is undersubscribed this is not necessary. I do not think anybody has asked for it. If a school is undersubscribed and there are spare places and spare capacity in the school what the Minister is outlining is that the school can refuse people if it is essential to maintain the ethos of the school.