Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his response. The difficulty is that he is talking about scoping studies and advisory groups. The habit of the Government in the past ten years has been to produce report upon report and never implement action. Is the Minister aware that of the children who are leaving schools in Dublin 15, one third of them are being replaced by children from immigrant communities. There is a significant trend in parts of the country, especially in Dublin, for the phenomenon known as "white flight". If we drag our heels on this issue, will it not be too late, as ghettoes will already have developed? What specific action does the Minister intend to take to ensure that what is currently happening in Dublin 15 is not replicated around the country? We need action now, not in a couple of years.

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