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

It has not been a year.We are dealing with these issues.

On the issue of when the Department decides to build additional accommodation and sanction new schools, this is applied on the same basis in every one of the 314 planning areas. The Department will only sanction additional new schools where there is a scarcity of places in the area. We are not in a financial position to build additional schools just because people do not want the schools that are already in place.

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