Tom Morrissey (Progressive Democrats)

I apologise to the Minister of State for detaining him. This is the second year parents have queued overnight to seek enrolment for their daughters at Loreto College in Swords. This year the queue started 48 hours in advance of the allocation of places. We all know there have long been queues for housing in Dublin but when parents queue for school places we must do something about it. I hope the Minister of State's reply will state there are sufficient places in the Swords catchment area.

Does the school's board of management have responsibility for enrolment procedures or can the Department of Education and Science do something about the situation? Is there some way of avoiding it next year?