Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Furthermore, it has been the precedent that when an error occurs, the pupils in question can continue with the arrangement for the remainder of that year, but they are informed immediately that it will revert in the next school year to be fair to everyone else. This is what happened in this case. The pupils were informed in 2015 and the arrangement will change back in December. The scheme has to be seen to be fair to everyone. I am surprised the Deputy is asking for it to be in any way different. To be clear, the Deputy and other Members raised the matter a few months ago. It was appealed and reviewed by the Department in a fair and equitable way. I ask the Deputy not to give the impression that we did not.

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