Today, I raise again school places in my constituency. We are facing a school places crisis in Dublin Mid-West. As I said in the Dáil last week, we have school buildings waiting for the go-ahead for new builds and extensions and there are students who do not know where they will go to post-primary in September. This morning I received a reply from the Department of Education on the various stages of planning and delivery for these school buildings in my constituency but as usual, it contained no specific information. That is what I am looking for. I have a specific question. That question relates overall to both national and post-primary schools but today I am asking about post-primary schools in my constituency that are awaiting new school buildings extensions. They are Holy Family Community School, Rathcoole, Griffeen Community College, Lucan, Lucan Community College and the Gaelscoil, Coláiste Chillian, which is a joint campus in Clondalkin that will include Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcáin and Gaelscoil na Camóige.

I understand the Deputy is asking a direct question to the Minister for Education on that which she will be best placed to answer. On the broader point on investment in new school places, particularly in the move toward secondary, I recall that in the closing months of last year the Minister for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Donohoe, was at Cabinet agreeing on a significant additional capital payment to the Minister for Education for exactly the point the Deputy raised, namely, to scale up the school building programme. It did get special priority in the Government capital expenditure last year, which signalled real intent in the Government to try to address that school building list.

The Deputy might want to table a Topical Issue on that and I will deal with it.