Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. What is usually done is the Department of Education looks at the child benefit stats to assess the number of places needed for primary school and then looks at the numbers in the primary schools to work out how many are needed for the secondary schools. From experience in my constituency, it can sometimes appear there is a very large shortfall in places, but once children are matched and those who may have two or three places accept one and not the others, a lot of places become free and that number comes down dramatically. However, I am not saying that is the case with Athenry because I do not have the details on it. I will ensure the Minister, Deputy Foley, knows it was raised and perhaps she will come back to Deputy Cannon directly.

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