Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I suppose on some level this is one of the few instances where it crosses the Minister's Department and also that of the Minister, Deputy Harris, in respect of further education. I could be slightly off on my figures but I am going to say the school has a relatively small population of 275 but it is operating in a DEIS area. I can only speak in the highest terms about the specific interventions that have been done in that school. It is really positive that it is colocated with a further education institute. My stepson and my oldest son have both been through the post-leaving certificate, PLC, programme. Actually our Conor is still going through it at the minute and we will see what results he gets but that is for another day. The fact is that it is constrained by space. I got a note from the special educational needs organiser, SENO, when I asked about schools throughout north Louth. I was told that an expression of interest letter was issued to the school by the NCSE requesting that an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, class or classes be open in September 2024 but this would be dependent on an extension to the school as there is no current capacity.

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