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

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I will go back to my general question. I am going to talk very little. I want to know the officials' position on the inflation supply chain delay framework agreement initiated by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform last year. I have a situation with a school I will not name that is not willing to engage with the builder in that regard. Will the officials set out the Department's position?

My other question follows on from Deputy Clarke's questions on Gaelscoil education. I taught in a Gaelscoil for many years.

I recognise that for the first time in a while there has been decrease in the number of children attending full-time Gaelscoil education, albeit there has been an increase in the number attending the Aonad. I was listening to Ms Cusack on the TV earlier and she referenced that there are targets for increased provision. I ask her to clarify what those targets are and if there is a timeline in relation to them, and to give me any feedback she can on that.