Mr. Páiric Clerkin:

The redeployment scheme will be of benefit but it will come the year after. It will help to progress things. Time is needed to plan, and that is why we have been calling for a two-year lead-in. Legislative change to the admissions process is needed so we can plan effectively and ensure that children, when they go to school, have the experience they should expect. We have to consider what happens on day one. If things are last-minute because the SNA has literally been appointed in August, what does it say to the child and his or her parents regarding the experience on day one? It is firefighting, not planning.