John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ballinode college is a second level vocation school with 121 students enrolled at PLC and is part of the school completion programme; if she will rescind the decision to cap the number of students reckonable for teacher allocation purposes; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that this will mean, due to a shortage of staff, that it will have to refuse students wishing to enrol for PLCs in the 2005 to 2006 school year, thus closing off the only avenue to third level open to these students in a RAPID area and a gateway city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13098/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the 2004 to 2005 academic year, some 28,500 PLC places were approved in schools and colleges throughout the country. The approval process for PLC places for the academic year 2005 to 2006 will take account of enrolment trends, applications from VECs, schools and colleges for course approval and the totality of demands for courses and teaching resources across the system.