Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)

Does the Minister recall a meeting she had with all Members of the Oireachtas from the Galway East constituency in 2004 to discuss this project? During the meeting, Members noted the seriousness of this issue and called for it to be addressed with urgency. Although the Minister expressed considerable interest at the time, no action has been taken in the intervening two years. She continually informs me that her officials are in discussion with the patron of the school and representatives of the local authority or that the property management section of the Office of Public Works is doing this, that or the other. Will she tell them to stop talking and do something practical in order that progress can be made on this project? The time for talking is over. Who is to blame for the lack of movement? Is it the Minister or her officials, because it is certainly not the school's board of management or its patron or staff?

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