Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's response indicating that a resolution has been found to the technical issues, as they were difficult enough issues to resolve. I am glad to hear there is active engagement by his officials with the county council and the school authorities locally. The school staff are very concerned about this. There are under great pressure with respect to where they are operating from and, apart from it being unsuitable, there is a major capacity issue having regard to the school catchment area. The population in the area has increased. The Minister mentioned a pipeline for funding. Will he clarify that the funding is in place and that there will be no hold up in funding for this project? Can he give a timeline for this project, as there has been slippage on the initial timeline given?

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