Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I am not happy with the level of detail provided by the Minister of State. People are waiting to know whether their children will need to be bused out of the area again to a temporary building in Blanchardstown village. The Department has put the project out to tender and the road is delayed due to land ownership issues. Are those with NAMA or the developer, Twinlite? I have submitted this Priority Question on behalf of a large community in west Dublin. The Minister of State hopes that the school will be ready, but he has not given us any indication beyond the project ticking along nicely. Fingal County Council has given all that it can in terms of sorting out the planning permission issues. The Department has not fulfilled its role. Two other primary schools, Tyrrelstown Educate Together and St. Luke's Mulhuddart national school, are impacted. This is a disgraceful and unsafe situation. Those schools must access an inadequate road. Until the Department builds this road, those parents will suffer. Children have already been injured. I have been attempting to sort this issue out for many years. and I ask the Minister of State to please sort out the mess that was made in Tyrrelstown. Its large community needs assistance. Pull out whatever stops are necessary.

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