Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

I have talked to the parents council about this, particularly following the "Prime Time" programme which highlighted the fact that 444 junior infants were being educated in prefabs there at this time. It caused the parents to reflect that their children are being educated there since 1994. Numerous officials from the Department of Education and Science have viewed the site. The parents essentially want to know how long it will take for this process to go through and they want there to be transparency in terms of the list of building projects. Even though their project has been on the school buildings list and has been given the go-ahead, they have not been able to find out exactly where their project is ranked on that list or when the project will proceed. Ensuring there is transparency is a goal of this Government.

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