Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The pressure on school places continues apace, particularly in constituencies like my own. This pressure was anticipated by many of us in this House well in advance along with the need to put in place emergency measures to deal with the situation that might arise. I am now asking that these emergency measures be activated for 2025 in sufficient time to ensure that adequate primary and second-level school places are made within reason as opposed to a situation I mentioned previously in the House where children are sent 25 or 30 miles away, which is not really an accommodation for them at all. Could this be done by way of an emergency provision?

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