Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I asked this question for a specific reason. Last night, I was at a meeting of parents of children in Scoil Mochua in Clondalkin and parents of service users on that site. As Ms Manahan knows, an application to build a new school has been made. It is being held up because of information requested by the HSE. I would like to be corrected if I am wrong but my understanding is that the HSE is consolidating disability services in certain locations in south west Dublin. This may well be a constraint in terms of the school getting permission to proceed because it must be a joint effort. Part of the building is a school under the Department of Education and Skills funding while the other part is clinical services which clearly come under the remit of the HSE in terms of funding. To what extent will the CRC be able to make decisions there? The very existence of the school in that location is related to the provision of clinical services.