Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am interested in hearing the rest of contribution by the Minister. She will probably conclude it in her next contribution. This is a very unsatisfactory process. It was done at the height of the Christmas period. Nobody on either side of the discussion had any faith in how the process was organised. The Minister told me at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science that potential parents would be involved in these processes. How can it be fair that somebody who has a child in sixth class in one of the schools, and who will be gone in a few months, has more of a say than a parent who might have two or three children who are not yet in school but who live in the catchment area? It is patently not fair. It has led to incredible division and an uncomfortable feeling around the whole discussion. No one on either side of the debate feels their views were heard. There is a huge amount of confusion around it.

Will the Minister start a new process? The one that was entered into by the independent facilitator has not satisfied anybody, regardless of which side of the discussion they may be.

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