Ms Eileen O'Rourke:

We need to look a little bit further down the line to look at some of the unintended consequences if this clause is maintained. Is there a possibility that we will end up with all- white schools or schools with very few Traveller children, or with very few children from families whose parents were not able to go school because of economic circumstances? I am sure that members are all aware that we already have many schools with almost no special needs children at all. We do not want to make an argument at step one that may actually have discriminatory impacts further down the line.