Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)

The Minister spoke about making arrangements in developing areas and that she could not predict the figures. For four and a half years, myself and colleagues from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil campaigned for a new school in an area in Navan that we knew needed one. Four and a half years later, that school is still in temporary accommodation. We could identify the figures but the Department of Education and Science did not want to listen to us. The Department must begin listening to people who can see figures increasing and who can recognise well in advance the need for new schools. The Minister then said the Department was making amendments in developments.

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