Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

I know we are quite tight for time. Perhaps the Minister of State will come back on a few of these things in a few minutes or later on.

There have been no NCSE applications in a number of secondary schools in the Dublin 12 area. Will the Minister of State use the section 37A process on those schools? I think she knows the names of the schools. I gave them to her as part of the question. Drimnagh, Crumlin and Walkinstown are ever-growing areas with new families coming in. We hope to see thousands of families coming into the area over the next two years with the big city-edge development. The Ballymount industrial estate, Bluebell and Inchicore CIÉ works are all earmarked for development, yet we do not have sufficient places in the area for our children's needs now. I specifically asked the Minister of State a question about Alex. We still do have not a school placement for him even though the Minister of State said the NCSE was working closely with the family. We know of other children in the area who do not have school placements yet. Not having that confirmation at this stage of the game causes a lot of anguish to the parents.

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