Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate

9:30 am

Photo of James O'ConnorJames O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is daft that this has been allowed to continue. That is the one I referenced regarding the rapid build in 2012. I do not agree with Mr. Loftus when it comes to transparency, but the model that is being used is not looking at the demographic within the households; it is looking more at the construction of new housing. I think that is the model used. The information is not necessarily being taken from the census and it is not being used in the most efficient way it can be. Due to the rate of growth and development in a lot of metropolitan regions in the country, I urge that the model be adapted and changed as a matter of urgency to avoid what is currently happening in east Cork where there is a deficit of approximately 20, when the figures are boiled down. That is still a lot of children to be without a school place for September. I fear, from the information we have from the primary schools, that it will only get worse. Will Mr. Loftus give a brief reply?

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