Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude on this. The letter continues:

What will happen, is that he will begin to fall behind in a class and as the gap widens between him and his peers, we will then have to go through the lengthy and time consuming process of reassessing him. A bit like closing the gate when the horse has already bolted!!

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