Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I am not convinced that the research has been done to make that absolutely certain. I attended a meeting of 120 parents and most of them did not have a place for their child for this September. We were informed by the representative of Educate Together who is doing great work and who also attended the meeting that they had allocated 30 places and they expected to open another classroom. My point is that nobody had any certainty nor does the reply read by the Minister of State provide certainty. I do not know the exact number of places required but it seems neither does the Department and this is worrying.