Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am seeking an assurance the 26 students in Limerick who were not offered a secondary school place will be accommodated, and that this will happen shortly. I also bring to the Taoiseach's attention the fact the selection system in Limerick is badly broken. Imagine the psychological impact on an 11- or 12-year-old of not being offered a school place and getting not fewer than 11 letters of rejection from 11 different schools. That system must change.

There is a report locally, which I hope is incorrect, that the majority of those pupils are going to be herded into one class in one school, which, for geographical and other reasons, would make life impossible for the families affected. I ask for the Taoiseach's assurance that this is not going to be the solution, because it is not a proper one.

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