Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the failure to sanction funding for a new extension at Our Lady's School, Templeogue, work on which is due to commence this month following its inclusion in the list of 22 schools announced for immediate construction by the then Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, in a press statement in January 2007. The decision to reduce investment in education is inconsistent with all the expert advice, including that of Forfás and the utterances of the Taoiseach when Minister for Finance.

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