Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The model will provide for some additional provision in exceptional circumstances, where the school's new intake, in the case that the Deputy describes, is substantially different from the intake it had in the past. The school will have to demonstrate to the NCSE that this has been the case. The NCSE will work with the school to seek to resolve those issues. Additional hours may be made available to the school where it can be demonstrated. The merit of this is that the school has resources now. It does not have to wait for the assessment. This diagnostic test has been taken away. There are many advantages in the new model. If, as the Deputy says, there is exceptional change in the profile of the school, that is something that the NCSE will look at.

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