Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

To return to the question of ad hoc provision, I will give an example from my area. Many of the children coming from areas outside the Limerick city catchment have bus tickets. The same must be true in other parts of the country. The transport liaison officer in each county makes these decisions in which many parents see no logic. They do not know why one child receives a ticket and another does not.

This problem will be worse next year. I urge the Minister of State to consider the question again. It has caused much trauma this year and will cause more next year.

What is the status of the letter of 2001 to the Salesian college, Pallaskenry, to the effect that the status quo would prevail until the catchment boundaries were reviewed?

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