Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

Does the Minister intend to implement the final report when it becomes available at the end of this year? Does she envisage implications for resources with regard to its implementation? The problem of particularly disruptive students has been identified in the interim report. There is a need to provide facilities for pupils who genuinely are unable to settle in regular schools.

I refer to a recent television programme about a school in County Waterford where children who had dropped out of schools were being catered for in an alternative programme which seemed to be working very well. I am aware of a small number of similar schools in other parts of the country which cater specifically for children who do not fit in to the regular school system. Does the Minister intend to expand the availability of such resources or does she envisage that the majority of children can be catered for within the regular post-primary school system?

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