Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South-West, Fianna Fail)

If the Deputy is seeking a meeting with the Minister of State, I will certainly mention that to him. We have seen this before with other changes in systems or structures; when something that is intended to make something more efficient and help with forward planning, people are left behind in the initial phases. That should not be the case. It needs to be addressed if that is the case. Put simply, I will mention it to the Minister of State and make sure he knows the Deputy is seeking a meeting. At the very least, parents who for whatever reason did not see the notifications or the social media campaign that was undertaken to improve knowledge of this new system and did not get the messages or the communications - I have seen it happen before and school transport is an obvious example - should be communicated with and given some type of reassurance that they will be catered for and that efforts will be made. That is a very fair and straightforward ask. I will ensure that is communicated back to the Minister of State.

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