Sir,- I refer to the Clondalkin Partnership's report on truancy as reported in the E & L supplement ("On an average day in Clondalkin one in three of the school desks are empty", November 25th). The impression has been given in the media that all schools in the Clondalkin area were surveyed. I would draw your attention to the fact that the survey covered only a small number of schools in three specific pockets of a large area which stretches east-west from Bluebell to Baldonnell and northsouth from the Lucan Road down as far as Belgard. - Yours etc.,
From Anne Cahill
Clondalkin, Dublin 22.