Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that every child will get an appropriate school place. Is she saying to the parents in Citywest, many of whom have contacted me to say that they do not have primary school places for their children, that they will get places for their children in Citywest? At the moment, they are being told something else. For example, one was told by a principal that her daughter could do another year in preschool and reapply next year because the schools were all oversubscribed and she is far down on the waiting list. Another parent explained to me how the only alternative her family is currently faced with is for her daughter to go to school in Brittas, which will mean her husband having to give up work to drop her out there. Is the Minister saying to me that she is going to ensure these families will have appropriate primary school places for their children in Citywest?

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