Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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There is no capacity for growth, however, even though the Department knows the areas are growing and have expanding populations. I refer to areas like Fingal, Kildare, Meath, south Dublin and Wicklow. It is not new that they are growing rather they have been growing and there has been a pattern of growth for decades now. Why would the Department not factor that in when looking at capacity?