At my recent meeting with representatives of the school in question, a number of issues was raised including the problem of educational disadvantage among the pupils attending the school. I was very impressed with the commitment of the school's staff and the strength of their case.
The Deputy will be aware that this issue was not addressed by previous Ministers. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that as a first step a divisional inspector from my Department visited the school last week and has made arrangements to have further consultation with the management authorities of the school before submitting his report.