Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education

Mr. Hubert Loftus:

Yes. Future censuses and surveys may also provide opportunities. It is fair to say that achieving the targets will require a step change and will take a lot of work. The outcome of the pilots will ultimately determine the capacity to achieve that. We will know a lot of that and the direction of travel on those pilot schools and areas by around the end of quarter 1 this year. We will know where that is shaping up. When one looks at it, one has to be conscious of the demand and the complexities around it. The committee members will know from their own perspective, looking at their own communities, that there are many variables impacting a parent's decision to send a child to the local school.

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