Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My question is for Ms Carr. My daughter was in a Gaelscoil that had been in temporary accommodation since 1990. They were promised suitable accommodation 28 years ago. I never paid much attention to the impact of that when I dropped her to the prefab and it was only when they moved into the school last year that I could see what the students were missing. I had not tuned in to the impact the temporary accommodation might be having on them. However, when they moved into the school they had access to a hall and could invite parents, and the community, to school plays and concerts to be part of that because they had the space. They also had space for a library in the school, which they did not have previously. I had not thought about any of that at the time.

Ms Carr spoke about the difficult educational environment for pupils. She might expand on that and the impact the temporary accommodation in schools is having on children and what they are missing out on on a daily basis. What stress does it create in the classroom when the pupils are in such a small environment, with all the uncertainty that entails? She might expand on some of the bullet points in her presentation.