Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to raise an issue relating to a boys national school, Scoil Mhuire Lourdes, in Carrigaline. I acknowledge that there has been and is going to be a great deal of further investment in the education network in Carrigaline. Scoil Mhuire Lourdes, which is one of the oldest schools in Carrigaline, is split across two campuses. The junior and senior infant classes are on one site in Carrigaline and the rest of the school is on a different site at Ballea Road in the town. The main issue is that the quality of the accommodation is now seriously substandard. A great deal of patch work has been done in recent years. Money has been invested in that work. The school authorities want the school to be consolidated on a single site. I ask the Government to prioritise this project. I look forward to hearing what the Minister of State has to say.

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