Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That building in particular has huge significance. I mix up the reformatories and industrial schools although I should not. It is lying idle. I was only there on Sunday. The former residents come back and visit it every year and go to the grotto. We have asked in the past for it to be transferred to the city council. At the time, they offered it to the Health Service Executive, which did not want it. If there is a chance for the city of Galway to get that building, it is an absolute golden opportunity. We have many ideas about how to use it.