Schools Building Projects
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-26
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Aidan Farrelly (SD), Kildare North

I was somewhat concerned about the fact that the officials of the Department of Education and Youth who appeared before the committee yesterday stated that they are conducting a peer review in respect of the architect's report. In some ways, this casts a shadow what the architect has said. Ultimately, what we need to know, in very clear terms, is whether the plan that was presented to the school on Tuesday will remedy what the architect outlined in terms of the immediate concerns relating to the health and safety of children and staff at the site.
If the Minister of State can tell me that, then we as a collective group can go back with that. From this reply, I am not convinced. If the Minister of State can give us a guarantee that what the architect had to say in his assessment of the site will be remedied, then we have a plan we can work towards. Otherwise we might have missed an opportunity here.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-26