Schools Building Projects
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-16
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF), Donegal

I will come back to the Minister on the three-school campus on another day. In respect of the issue before us, she mentioned the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, but she is the Minister for Education. I want to be clear. Is she saying that in the days ahead, her Department is going to issue a letter of intent to the proposed contractor? Will that be followed very quickly by the signing of a construction contract? She is the Minister for Education, with all due respect, so I am asking her to confirm that to me in the Dáil tonight. We have waited patiently. This proposal has been developing for 20 years. We are at a serious point now. I cannot stress enough that we are at crisis point for the teachers and children in that school. The mouldy conditions are making them unwell. Those conditions are unacceptable. Some of the buildings in which they are trying to teach are approximately 100 years old. It is urgent that she gives us the clear, good news that the project is finally moving to construction and those kids can have the education and facilities they deserve.

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Sitting date: 2024-04-16