Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I have a question on the template. In the last 24 or 48 hours I have been advised of a special class in a primary school. It was redesignated as a special class. The six kids in the class could have stayed in that for an extra year. The board of management took a decision to redesignate it so that the six kids could stay in place, but the patron overruled the board of management. That meant that one of the kids would need to leave and find an alternative placement. I might forward the specifics on it directly to the Minister of State. The board of management is the Department's point of contact. Are there many instances where the patrons, whoever they may be, are overruling board of management decisions on the classification of special classes? Does the Department have any evidence of that?