Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To be fair, as the Deputy will appreciate, I know this area and I am aware that it is growing. I also know that, to be fair, there has been inordinate and richly deserved investment from the Department into this area. We have seen this across a whole variety of schools, whether this concerns the Carrigtwohill post-primary school, St. Colman's Community College, the CBS and St. Mary's in Midleton or St. Aloysius College in Carrigtwohill, as well as the schools in Cobh. The Department, as I said earlier, does engage with the local authority. We do look at a variety of different data under the GIS, but we do specifically engage with the local authorities. I think it is important that we have an openness at all times to keep an open mind and look at changing trends as they alter and evolve over time, so I will ask the officials to make reference to the latest information that is coming from Cork County Council, with a view specifically to east Cork.

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