Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I am not the line Minister with responsibility for education. I believe the council met representatives of the school on 8 January. Apparently 90 children are enrolled and there has been a review where the school was unable to provide evidence or substantiate the eligibility of a substantial number of pupils. In normal circumstances this would lead to a reduction in SNA cover. However, the organisation, NCSE, is to work with the school on the development of a basis on which it can manage the issue. However, I can ask the Minister for Education and Science to get an update for the Deputy in the first instance.

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