asked the Minister for Education the progress made on the building of a new vocational school at Trim, County Meath, since his reply to a parliamentary question on the matter on 9 May 1978, and the date approval for this project was originally given.

My Department at present await the observations of the County Meath Vocational Education Committee in regard to a schedule of accommodation for its proposed new vocational school at Trim. Approval for this project was conveyed to the committee on 31 October 1978.

When does the Minister expect the building of the school to commence?

A good deal will depend on when I get the observations from the County Meath Vocational Education Committee. There will be no undue delay.

When were the County Meath Vocational Education Committee requested to provide those observations?

I approved the project on 31 October 1978. As I said, I am awaiting the observations of the County Meath Committee in regard to the schedule of accommodation.

Is it correct to say that the matter is entirely in the hands of the Meath Vocational Committee since October and it is up to them to come back to the Minister?

The Deputy is correct in saying that I am awaiting their observations on the schedule of accommodation.

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