Gaelcholáiste Reachrann update
Deputy Heneghan sought an urgent written update on the permanent school for Gaelcholáiste Reachrann and also mentioned the KRC school campaign. The Taoiseach said he would come back on the school update and ask the Department to consider the KRC request.
Le tús a chur, tá mé chun rud éigint a chur amach faoi Ghaelcholáiste Reachrann. It is still waiting for an update. The Department was saying that the design team is looking at it and it is a priority for the Department. I am in a group chat with 450 concerned parents. All we are asking for is a written update on the current status of the permanent school and an urgent update on what is holding it back. I would also like the Taoiseach to look at the KRC school campaign in Clontarf, Raheny and Killester, where 1,231 parents representing almost 2,500 children were interviewed. From it, 73% are looking for a coeducational secondary school and 60% are looking for a non-religious school in north Dublin. Is it a priority for the Government to deliver that in north Dublin?
Comment on this
First, on Ghaelcholáiste Reachrann I will come back to the Deputy. He is looking for the current status and that there will be ongoing communication with the school, which should be happening, and with the parents community in particular. In the case of KRC, the Government has been favourably disposed to any applications for coeducational schools. I will certainly ask the Department and the Minister for Education to look at that specific request as articulated by the Deputy.