School Accommodation
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-01
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Joan Collins (I4C), Dublin South-Central

I have been in contact with the campaign for ASD units in Dublin 12. The Minister of State has also met those parents. They are saying that parents are still coming to them saying their children have had to leave the area and there are no school places in the area. Does the Minister of State know where the boys are to go if there is no feeder into Drimnagh Castle? As I said, Scoil Íosagáin says it is full. There is a backlog of children wanting to get into the autism classes and it has no room for them. That is obviously an issue if it is feeding into that school and there is no access to it. I welcome the fact that the Holy Spirit and Scoil Úna Naofa are opening classes in 2022-23. Drimnagh Castle is quite a big campus area and there is a lot of green space around it. The land outside the castle does not belong to the school but within it there is room and there are green areas.

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Sitting date: 2022-02-01