Mr. Tomás Ó Ruairc:

It would depend on the circular or whether the school is primary or post-primary. The criterion applies to primary school but not post-primary school. There is also the issue of capacity. Without more detail of the cases raised by Deputies Currie and Coppinger, we are assuming every school in between the ones in question has been applied to. We would have to check because we have to work very closely with the planning and building unit of the Department in making sure full use is made of existing capacity in schools and on the approval of routes, tickets and so on. In the absence of more detail, I do not know the answer, but what I have described may be a factor in both situations in respect of spare capacity, the sector of the schools and the question of whether ethos applies.