Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-20
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

The most important thing is to try to ensure that students who are due to sit their leaving certificates this year are not permanently impacted on by the circumstances of the situation that surrounds them and over which neither they, the Minister nor anybody else have any control.
We must accommodate new people who come to live in an area, which is the situation in most parts of County Kildare. Kildare has a moving and an increasing population and there is pressure on space. When children return to school, adequate provision must be made to ensure they can access a school place and that children with special needs, such as autism, can access a school place as well, within reason.

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Sitting date: 2020-05-20