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‹ Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

Scoil Mhuire Milford

Summary

Deputy Mac Lochlainn said Scoil Mhuire National School in Milford is totally inadequate for 215 children and needs a new site. The Taoiseach said the school community had been proactive and would ask Minister Foley to engage with them.

There are a good few roads in Kildare that are not too hot.

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Simon Harris The Taoiseach Fine Gael

The Deputy will upset the Ceann Comhairle.

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I call Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I do not know what the roads are like in Donegal.

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Do not get me started. I want to raise the issue of Scoil Mhuire National School, Milford, County Donegal. The Minister, Deputy Foley, visited the school last year. I do not raise it lightly today. It was a school built in the 1950s for the town that was there at the time. Today it is 215 children. If the Taoiseach visits Donegal, I ask him to see it to believe it. It is a totally inadequate building. The site is landlocked. It is totally inadequate. The school board of management has secured an alternative site, at no cost to the State, in the control points of the town that the planners in Donegal County Council are happy with. I appeal to the Taoiseach to talk to the Minister for Education to please engage with the board of management. She has seen it for herself. They need a new school. They need that commitment. There are fantastic teachers and a fantastic teaching environment but the school has totally inappropriate amenities in terms of the classrooms, toilets and the whole lot. Will the Taoiseach please talk to the Minister about this?

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Simon Harris The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I thank Deputy Mac Lochlainn for raising the issue of the inadequate facilities at Scoil Mhuire. From what he has said, it sounds as if the school community has been very proactive in trying to come up with a solution and a way forward. I will ask my colleague the Minister, Deputy Foley, to engage with the Deputy and the school community as I know she will be happy to do.

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