Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge again Mr. Frank Brennan and especially Ms Denise Cole in the special school, who is an advocate of long-term sustainable planning within her school. That will be the focus of the request. The situation has changed, as the Deputy outlined, and will be a factor in the decision. We will make a decision quickly.

On the Deputy's second point on Edenderry, I will get my officials to look at the specifics of that issue but at a general level, when schools come along, particularly post-primary schools in respect of which we are under pressure in certain densely populated areas, we will work with them. My message all the time is that if there is a school interested in providing additional ASD classes that provide the opportunity for young people to be part of a whole-school community in special ASD classes or in mainstream classes, we have to facilitate that. I will check out the specifics of the situation there and get back to the Deputy directly.

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