Dr. Niall Muldoon:

It seems that locally there is knowledge but it does not seem to feed into a national plan that allows every area to get the funding it requires from within the Department of Education and the Government in a wider sense. There seems to be a real disconnect between the information being known and then being converted into places. It is difficult for me to understand that. We are certainly pushing this year again to try to make sure nobody is left behind because even at this stage in May, it is concerning for a parent if they have not received a letter of acceptance. Again, we know where the black spots are. There have been areas, particularly around Cork and other counties, as well as in parts of Dublin where children still are being bussed from one area out to another area and they are passing places where they could be in school. That sort of planning seems to be just nonsensical, given that we highlighted this two years ago and there were lots of promises at that stage from the then Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, that this would not happen again. We find ourselves coming to that situation again and I hope we will get some sort of answer from the Department of Education very soon in that regard. Hopefully it will be positive. Does Ms Ward have anything-----