Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This question has a local focus. I am sure north Kildare is not exclusive in terms of the types of problem that have presented in my area every year for as long as I have been involved in politics. I dread it when they open the lists and parents find that their child will not get into the primary or secondary school they would prefer. Too often, parents feel excluded from the process. They are included in some respects, but the focus of it is very narrow. We need to have a wider forum, and north Kildare might be the place to do a pilot under which the relationship between schools and parental choice could be explored to allow us to work towards eliminating this problem on an ongoing basis.

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