Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I do not see the case in rural areas. I totally understand the case to be made for having siblings attend the same school in rural or urban areas. I understand the difficulty even more in rural areas. Having to bring children to two villages or towns could be a real hassle. It is not necessary, however, for somebody in a rural or an urban area to go to the same school as his or her father, grandfather or grandmother. Why is that necessary? Why would one allow discrimination on that basis? If somebody can make a case for it, I will be interested in hearing it, but I do not really see how one could possibly justify it.