Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the provisions that will be made for the person; her views on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19890/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am aware of the case referred to by the Deputy. The person referred to by the Deputy was a student in one of two post-primary schools in the Dingle Gaeltacht. Both of these schools were classified as All-Irish schools in which the language of tuition was Irish. Schools in this category receive almost 40% extra in per-capita funding. The two schools amalgamated at the end of the last school year and the students of both schools transferred to Pobalscoil Choirche Dhuibhne which is also classified as an All-Irish school in which the language of tuition is Irish. In the context of the amalgamation this issue arises from the reaffirmation by the Board of Management of the characteristic spirit of the new school as an All-Irish Gaeltacht school in which the language of tuition is exclusively Irish. My Department has written to the Board of Management and to the Trustees of the new Community School requesting that they bring forward proposals to ensure that students can complete their post-primary education without substantially altering the conditions of tuition under which they have hitherto been enrolled. The student referred to by the Deputy is now enrolled in and attending a post-primary school in Tralee and has been approved for school transport on a scheduled Bus Eireann service from Dingle to Tralee.