141 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the High Court in Belfast to deny access to Derry schools to children whose parents have moved just over the border to County Donegal, resulting in the displacement of these children; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that similar practices take place in every city on the island as city residents move out to surrounding villages and smaller towns for quality of life or affordability reasons but continue their children’s education in the school from their previous address; and if she will liaise with her northern counterpart, Minister for Education, Ms Caitríona Ruane, to resolve this issue which has arisen as a result of the separate educational jurisdictions on this island. [26677/07]

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141 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the High Court in Belfast to deny access to Derry schools to children whose parents have moved just over the border to County Donegal, resulting in the displacement of these children; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that similar practices take place in every city on the island as city residents move out to surrounding villages and smaller towns for quality of life or affordability reasons but continue their children’s education in the school from their previous address; and if she will liaise with her northern counterpart, Minister for Education, Ms Caitríona Ruane, to resolve this issue which has arisen as a result of the separate educational jurisdictions on this island. [26677/07]

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