Schools Building Projects
Seanad Éireann — 2024-06-26
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Ossian Smyth (GP), Dún Laoghaire

Like all public representatives, I am familiar with the process of new schools starting up. There is a lot of enthusiasm at the start and then there are the challenges of trying to find the school buildings. There are temporary buildings at first and then there are permanent buildings along with the process of planning permission and so on. I understand it is frustrating and difficult to start a school. It is a challenge.
Gaelscoil Ruairí started in 2019. It had just 13 pupils and now has 113 pupils for the 2023-24 school year and it is currently in temporary accommodation but it needs permanent accommodation. It is one of 90 large schools that are at this stage where they are waiting to go to tender. I will talk to the Minister, Deputy Foley, whom I meet regularly. I hope I can meet her this week. I will raise the case of this school with her and I will ask what we can do to speed it up or how we can deliver this school as soon as possible.

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Sitting date: 2024-06-26