Schools Building Projects
Seanad Éireann — 2020-12-17
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Regina Doherty (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

It is heart-warming to hear how much attention and personal commitment the Minister of State will give this matter. One can see from the level of detail and ambition that has been put into the design in stage 1 of the process how ambitious the staff, the families and the community are for the students in this school. Of course we want the absolute best for our children. We want to be able to expand that service. I am grateful for the update the Minister of State has given me and for the attention and the level of detail she is going to give those issues that still remain in the Chief State Solicitor's office. I hope we can get over them very quickly.
I do not mean to put her on the spot but does the Minister of State have any idea of the timelines we could be looking at to move to stage 2 and stage 3, to get the school doors open? That would give some hope and some renewed impetus to the people who have been working so hard.
On a wider issue, would it be possible to conduct a review of special educational needs across the wider Fingal area? We have an awful lot of schools that do not have ASD units but definitely have special needs children. Would the Minister of State consider doing a special audit across Fingal?

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Sitting date: 2020-12-17