Mr. Enda McGorman:

I have my consent form pre-armed. We have a massive issue around homelessness and trying to get families rehoused. I spend a lot of my time with Fingal County Council housing department. The Chairman talked about brick walls in other areas, so the first thing I do is get consent. When the parent comes into me, we write it out and that is the first thing I send because it is used too often.

When we discuss this in our collaborative groups, we work hard to try to get around that from the get-go, so that the school can be at the centre of conversations around that.

Too often it is used as a lame excuse or a barrier; I hope not as much now. We are trying to move away-----