Maria Byrne (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State. One other thing that I have experience of in the past, and I think the Minister of State mentioned it in his reply, is that there used to be a rule that a child had to go to a school within a certain radius in miles from his or her home or to the nearest school. Sometimes, the school may not be suitable to the needs of that child with special needs. There might be more emphasis in one area compared to another school. Is that rule still there or is there a degree of flexibility now? At that stage, it was very much the case that the child either went to that school or had no place. How can that be overcome?