Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion

Mr. Michael Gillespie:

Unfortunately, we cannot go backwards. The lack of investment over ten years is the problem. We have to look at what we can do going forward. That is why we called for a bespoke audit, as I mentioned, to ascertain what is needed for some schools. The schools which have been built since 2008 are energy efficient. They do not have the same problems as a school in west Clare that was opened in the 1930s. It is not one size fits all.