Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

Section 3 addresses the narrow issue of the functions of the principal in regard to the school. However, section 4 addresses the right of a parent to an assessment of a child by or on behalf of the health board or the council. That is a much wider provision. Section 3 simply addresses the position of the principal in the school. The subsequent provision relating to the special needs organiser is there to deal with any further co-ordination problems that arise.