What criteria is being used in deciding which schools should qualify for a disadvantaged areas grant? I ask the question because Scoil Aiséirí Críost An Rí, which is in my own area, has not qualified for the grant although this is a disadvantaged area and despite the fact that all the other schools in the locality have qualified for this grant. There is an unemployment rate of 37 per cent of the fathers of the children in this school and in addition there are many other statistics to justify the application of the grant to this area.

The Deputy is asking a question about a specific school. That is a separate question to which I cannot reply at this stage. However, if he wishes to have any specific school examined for the purposes of the grant, I shall accommodate him. The position is that the £500,000 available this year will not be sufficient to meet all the demands that have been made. The criteria used in determining which schools should benefit were the pupil-teacher ratio in the context of its hampering effective schooling, poor environment, a factor that would relate to buildings, place space and so on, unemployment, vandalism, poor attendance of children, difficulty in controlling them and lack of community support. In addition it was recognised that there should be a realistic representation of boys and girls in mixed schools, that there should be a fair geographic spread, that there should be a fair representation of various sizes of schools and that there should be included a number of schools where staff efforts have been relatively successful and others where morale is at a low ebb. In the case of a boys' school and a girls' school that are connected physically or otherwise, both are to be selected and where a junior school and a senior school exist together, the particular circumstances of the area are to dictate which school should be selected.

Deputy Lyons asked that the areas in Cork be identified.

Is the Deputy repeating the question put by Deputy Lyons?

My question was not answered.

The Chair has no control as to how questions are answered.

Despite the local inspectorate having recommended that Scoil Aiséirí Críost An Rí be included, it has been omitted.

The Deputy is making a speech.

But the Minister has not answered the question.

I have explained to the Deputy that the Chair has no control in the matter of how questions are answered.

If the Deputy is anxious to have information in respect of any specific school, I shall supply him with such information, but the question did not relate to specific schools. I have informed the Deputy that eight schools have been selected in the Cork area and for obvious reasons I shall not name those publicly. If we had a situation in which anyone here could ask at any time about individual schools, I could not be expected to have at my disposal all the information required. One would need prior notice of such questions. If the Farranree problem is as serious as the Deputy indicates, I shall give it consideration.