Ciarán Cudahy

1,200 schools.

What do we have?

172.

So not 40%.

We've got 5%.

So very little choice and almost no choice in some parts of the country.

The further you are from a big urban centre, the less likely you are to have any choice.

Now, we are going to be speaking a little bit later in the show today to one family in this situation.

They're not happy about it.

If you are also in this situation.

and you're unhappy about it, 0818715815, give me a call.

Maybe you've had to negotiate this.

Maybe you have been instrumental in the setting up of a multi-denominational school where you are from.

51551 is the text number.

Or perhaps you're perfectly happy with the status quo.

And you think, you know what, just send your kids to the local national school and they'll all accommodate them in this day and age and they'll just sit out religious education and they'll sit out when the sacraments are being prepared.

So, live line at rte.ie.

Whatever your view on this issue, I want to hear from you.

We're going to come to that a little bit later in the show.

Before any of it though, Bernard is on the line.