Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not aware of that ever happening. I can only speak in general. We have the FSSU, the financial services section in the Department, which works on an individual basis with schools. We have schools the length and breadth of the country that are managing. I have seen them because I have visited them. Huge numbers of new students have arrived in schools and they are managing very well and efficiently with the money that is made available to them.

If there is an exception of a school not in a position to do that, it is invited to engage on an individual basis with the FSSU. My experience across the country is of seeing schools with large numbers managing well.