Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

The figures used by the Department of Education and Science to date are, for want of a better word, questionable. I ask that the view of the local committee, which knows best about the population, intakes and projected figures in that catchment area for the future, be taken into account before any decision is taken to close the school. The figures at both ends of this stick are unreliable and will definitely be contradicted by the real figures.