Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State is very welcome. I am speaking on behalf of the families of Glencullen, Kilternan, Stepaside, Sandyford and Ballyogan who have no secondary school in their area. There are a number of families comprising two and three generations but there is also a burgeoning population in the area. The fact that there is no secondary school in the area is a very serious deficit. The map outlined for the area excludes Glencullen from participating in the new Educate Together school in Stepaside. It means that the residents of Glencullen will have to travel over the mountains and attend the proposed new school in north Wicklow. Excluding children from Glencullen makes no sense. There are two issues in question. The first is that there is no secondary school there and the second is that, ridiculously, the existing map prevents children from Glencullen from attending the Educate Together school in Stepaside. It is a matter of urgency because it is very nerve-wracking for the families. They are very agitated about it.