Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the excellent work that happens in that school every day, the excellent school leadership team and, equally, the entire staff and indeed the students themselves. The Department has engaged directly with the principal here. The Department obviously wants to get this over the line. We are happy to engage on a one-to-one basis with schools where they might have a difficulty. In principle, we recognise the importance of this work. We are obliged to have everything as it should be from a technical point of view. If a school is having difficulty with supplying information, we are happy to work with it directly. We have intervened with the principal directly on this. I hope that whatever issues are there can be surmounted in the shortest timeframe possible. There is an absolute willingness on our part to work directly with the school.

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