asked the Minister for Education whether in areas in which vocational schools are, or are likely to be, established but in which facilities for secondary education are not readily available he will arrange for the provision of these facilities in such vocational schools.

The areas which would be concerned are in the main those in question in the Taoiseach's speech of the 14th August last to Muintir na Tire, in which he announced that it was intended to take special measures to cater for the western areas in the matter of post-primary education. In that regard, I would refer the Deputy to my reply of 31st October last.