Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2026-09-17
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

The Minister is familiar with this issue, and I call on her to intervene personally and urgently. The fifth-class students in Gaelscoil na Ríthe in Dunshaughlin are currently being accommodated in a small library room in an old prefab. Support hours are being provided in the staff room. This is because a promised prefab that should be in place is not in place and they are being told that it will be the end of quarter one 2027 when it is delivered. This was a positive news story with an additional junior infants class and it was welcomed. The school has gone above and beyond to facilitate additional students. It is incredible to me, and to all of Ireland, that it would take the guts of 12 months to deliver a prefabricated modular unit to this school. The Minister knows well as I do, the factory is literally a couple of hundred yards up the road. I ask the Minister to please intervene personally with the Minister and the Department. Get this done. The problem is with the Department. Get it resolved. It is unacceptable that they have to wait that long. This should be delivered in the next handful of weeks, in my firm opinion.

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Sitting date: 2026-09-17