208 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science the role the school development planning unit of her Department can play to assist a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, where three schools have been amalgamated into one co-educational comprehensive school; if the issues arising out of the amalgamation will be addressed for example the need to assist the school in staff development and team building, the need to develop a five year plan for the school, the need to provide a favourable staff allocation both mainstream and resource, the need to provide additional guidance and counselling services, in view of the fact that the area in which the school is located experiences lower than the national levels of transfer from primary to second level and has a high drop out rate in the early years of second level and has a poor retention rate to leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9877/06]

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208 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science the role the school development planning unit of her Department can play to assist a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, where three schools have been amalgamated into one co-educational comprehensive school; if the issues arising out of the amalgamation will be addressed for example the need to assist the school in staff development and team building, the need to develop a five year plan for the school, the need to provide a favourable staff allocation both mainstream and resource, the need to provide additional guidance and counselling services, in view of the fact that the area in which the school is located experiences lower than the national levels of transfer from primary to second level and has a high drop out rate in the early years of second level and has a poor retention rate to leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9877/06]

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