Enable Ireland Sandymount School repairs
Deputy Andrews seeks urgent repairs to leaks at Enable Ireland Sandymount School, saying unsuitable temporary rooms are harming children with complex needs. The Taoiseach undertakes to raise the matter with the Education Minister, while the Chair closes the remaining housing exchange.
The children in Enable Ireland Sandymount School have very complex needs. There are serious leaks in the school building and, as a result, the children have been displaced into rooms that are not suitable for their needs. The library is out of action for the entire school. This impacts everybody in the school. The repair works are needed urgently and the school and vulnerable students are being led on a merry dance by the bureaucracy. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene and to bring common sense to this matter to ensure the works are completed as a matter of urgency.
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I will raise with the Minister for Education the need for the works to be completed at Sandymount School for the benefit of the children and Enable Ireland. I will come back to Deputy Andrews directly on the issue.
I note Deputy Madigan's experience in, and passion for, the area of family law. It is a priority area for the Minister, Deputy McEntee, who has put in a lot of work on it. I believe the legislation is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. I welcome the fact that the Minister will meet the Deputy on the issue.
I say to Deputy Gould that we are continuing to work on increasing housing supply, which is how we will make real progress. Some 500 people per week are now purchasing their first homes in this country. We have put in place a number of schemes, including the extension of the waiver of development levies until the end of September with Uisce Éireann and to the end of the year without the Uisce Éireann element. We know that is making a real difference in terms of more supply, including in the Deputy's county and city, and we will continue to do that.
I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for-----