Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
Yes, absolutely. A lot of things can be on our minds and we can have a lot of ambitions, but we also have to be realistic about what we have to manage and work with in terms of the existing school estate, and the size and constraints of sites, particularly in central Dublin. We maximise those wherever we can. Equally, we have some examples of schools that have play facilities on the roof as part of new schools projects, etc., where there are particular site constraints to manage. We focus on solutions when there are opportunities to do so but we must be realistic about what we can manage and can achieve.
We can come back directly to the Deputy on Gaelcholáiste Reachrann.
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