Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I commend the Minister and Government on the prefabricated school building replacement programme. Much good work has been done and many new classrooms have been built. I hope the Government, at the end of its tenure, will be recognised for having ended the scourge of prefabricated school buildings.

One of the schools I deal with has a prefabricated building which is owned by the Department. The building is leaking and costs more to heat than the rest of the school buildings. I am pleased the Minister indicated that each application will be considered case by case. The school in question has submitted an application to the Department and I hope it will be considered favourably in future rounds of funding. The school authorities are concerned that the application may not be considered until such time as all rented prefabricated accommodation has been replaced. As I stated, I am pleased applications will be considered case by case.

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