Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

——based on all of the numbers in our schools throughout the country. We have evidence to show there are differing needs for children in disadvantaged areas and there is substantial evidence that boys have greater difficulty than girls. These are some of the issues that had to be taken into account. There are a number of advantages in having a model which everybody accepts, except some of the Opposition Senators here tonight.