Parents from west Dublin have accused the Government of failing their children and breaking promises on school places.
Parents in Castleknock, Luttrellstown, Diswellstown and surrounding areas protested outside the Dáil this afternoon against the shortage of school places in their area. The parents also presented a petition signed by 700 families to the Dáil.
Around 40 families claim they have been unable to enrol their children in nearby schools for this September.
Tara Bromey tried to get her child into local school St Patrick's but said that on the forms there was a notice to say it was a joint application for St Mochta's School.
"St Patrick's is within walking distance. St Mochta's is along a dangerous road and it's double the distance."
Ms Bromey added: "The Government know that the brand new, 'state-of-the-art' school is not sufficient for the number of children in this area."
The parents called for the government to re-evaluate the admissions policy in west Dublin or provide more schools in the area.
Nationwide the average class size is 24. In west Dublin the average is 29.
Labour MP, Joan Burton TD was at the demonstration. She said the problem is that "a huge number of new houses have been built, and there's a totally inadequate number of school places".