Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The feasibility study will start shortly. The Department wants to see how the online claims system operates before rolling out a new computer system. The National Educational Welfare Board, which has a staff of 94 and is due to increase its staff numbers this year, should be able to make a reasonably quick determination of how many primary pupils transfer to second level. In addition, the role of the school completion co-ordinators is to ensure there is a link between primary and second level schools. The familiarisation visits they organise to local second level schools for primary school children helps young people make the transfer seamlessly.

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