John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It just goes to show how out of touch the Minister of State is that he does not know that part of the school building collapsed on children in February. Some 30 children had to be evacuated, many of whom were asthmatic. Was the Minister of State not aware that one of the prefabs had collapsed? In 2012, the Department promised to reinstate the school building project to a building list. Why has that not been done? I am not too sure if the Minister of State is aware of what is happening in his Department? He is not aware as to whether the school has been reinstated to the building list? Is he not aware that one of the prefabs collapsed and children had to be evacuated? That was on the national news.

The Minister of State needs to clarify his position on Gaelscoil Philib Barún. The Minister promised the school building project would be reinstated to the building list but the Minister of State said the opposite. I have shown the Minister of State where the demographics come into play with the number of children on the school list and the population growth in Tramore. Surely that warrants people not having to be educated in prefabricated buildings in a state of collapse.

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