Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and also the officials from his Department I spoke to earlier today who have been assisting me on the issue. I am almost sure that the system is unique to Limerick and that no similar schools application system operates in other parts of the country, but if they do perhaps those systems should be investigated as well. I agree that the system works pretty well, but I am concerned that another child next year might receive nine rejection letters. That should not happen. It is important that the Minister's Department engages with the Limerick Education Centre to ensure it has the resources it requires to administer the CAS, and perhaps the Department can help to iron out these problems.

Finishing primary school and going into secondary school should be an exciting time for children. It should not be as stressful as it has been for this child. The outcome of this must be that no child gets nine rejection letters and is subsequently left frantically searching for somewhere to go for secondary school. I thank the Minister again for coming here to listen to the concerns of parents and schools in Limerick. I hope he can introduce some of the small changes required to ensure this does not happen again.

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