Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have engaged and will engage again with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, and I am not refusing to grasp any nettle. In the rural areas the Deputy describes there may be alternative venues in various communities such as community halls, sports clubs and so on but in urban areas there is a large population in a smaller area more closely together. In terms of all the polling stations in my constituency, in most cases there is probably no alternative to the school. That is the reality. Should we then have some schools closing and others not closing, which is what might result?

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