Jim Mitchell
Ceist:215 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a serious shortage of staff in the school attendance service of Dublin Corporation with the result that many school attendance problems are being addressed at a very slow pace; the manner in which her Department communicates with local authorities including Dublin Corporation in school attendance issues; the extent to which her Department funds the service; and the steps she proposes to take to ensure that the school attendance service in Dublin city is as speedy and efficient as it needs to be.