Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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It is an important area. Politicians are useful in terms of giving information as to how the public assesses Government Departments and certainly in my own constituency, where a new secondary school is being built for Harold's Cross Educate Together, there is concern about delays in respect of that school. Nobody seems to know the target for that to be built and completed. The date seems to be shifting and similarly in respect of a Gael Choláiste. There is huge demand in the constituency - in the Dublin 2, 4 and 6 areas - for a Gael Choláiste but the public does not have any understanding as to how this can be achieved other than by lobbying. These are areas that need to be worked on, in terms of trying to indicate to the public how the Department is performing in respect of a public demand.