Ms Bernie McNally:

If we implement the whole review there will not be such a thing as "concessionary" and more people will be eligible unless they live an extremely short distance from the school. The review will assist with some of that. As the Deputy will know, we provide children with special educational needs with transport whatever school they attend. I ask Ms Conduit to comment on the issue of late applications.

The climate is a big feature of school planning, that is, that we minimise the distance children and young people must travel. We know there are problems in some of the red zones mentioned by the Deputy, such as Wicklow and Kildare. I ask Mr. Loftus to comment on that first and then Ms Conduit.