Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she received documentation of 1 February 2006 from persons (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their difficulties with her Department; the action she has taken arising from the documentation received; the reason it has taken so long to reach a conclusion in this matter; if she has read the requests of the persons concerned; her views on whether their requests are valid. [39795/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I confirm that my Department has received the documentation referred to by the Deputy. I would like to clarify at this point that the documentation in question relates to difficulties with the school rather than with my Department.

The position is that my Department has been involved in reviewing a very complex and sensitive complaint in respect of this school. Part of the process of this review involved the Inspectorate of my Department considering all of the relevant information gathered through the review process, including meeting with both the school authorities and the complainants. In this regard, on two different occasions, the latest one being within the past week, a member of my Department's Inspectorate met with all parties involved with a view to bringing this case to a conclusion.

It is the intention of my Department to conclude its review shortly following submission of a final report on the matter by the Inspectorate.