Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

They need and are entitled to practical working conditions to enable them to teach effectively.

In January 1998, the board of management applied to the Department of Education and Science to carry out structural work on the school. The Department undertook a feasibility study and took into consideration that the school is located in a restricted site and is subject to a preservation order. The Department decided a new school on a greenfield site was required and approval for same was granted in 2001-02. A promise was made that the new school in Kilfinane would commence construction immediately following the general election. In November 2002, the Sisters of St. Paul donated a site for the school. The Department carried out a feasibility study and the site was deemed suitable.

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