Ruairí Quinn
Ceist:801 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps, if any, taken in his Department to plan for the provision of secondary schools places in Dublin 4 and 6 area in view of the changing demographic profile of the population; if his attention has been drawn to the concern many parents have regarding the maintenance of the existing level of secondary school places, for girls in particular, in the Dublin 4 area; if his attention has further been drawn to the concerns many parents have expressed to the boards of management of the existing secondary schools of the need to provide safe forms of transport to and from the schools for female students having regard to increased levels of danger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17230/99]