Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

However, in the past then years, this project has been deeply unfortunate. Many of the advisory experts to these school building projects, such as architects and so on, went into liquidation owing to the recession and the collapse of the construction industry. Deputy Coppinger knows that as well as I.

Will the Minister reaffirm that, following last week’s meeting - which, unfortunately, Deputy Coppinger did not attend - and the discussions with the school board, huge progress has been made on clarifying the technical issues that were the only barriers remaining to this project, which will cost €10.5 million, proceeding? This is a great school - as the people of Clonsilla deserve - and will the Minister confirm that construction of the new building will commence as early as possible?

See this speech in context