Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I am a little worried by that answer because when I asked a question in July a permanent site was meant to be worked on at conveyancing stage, and I expected to hear from the Minister today whether the site has been acquired and all of the documentation signed off. Once again, it seems many houses and apartments have been put in an area, without thinking that a school might be needed. Pelletstown Educate Together national school was established three years ago. I went to see the basement of the building those children were being educated in, and my view is that if it were my child I would have protested about a building with no windows and fresh air. The parents went ahead on the promise that buildings would be ready. Now, the prefabs are not even fully ready. A permanent school building was promised to local people by the Taoiseach when he was a Minister, on 17 November 2015, and the then Minister, Deputy Burton, and that construction would start on permanent buildings for Pelletstown Educate Together national school in Ashtown, which operates from temporary premises. Two years on, there is no sign of a permanent building, or a site never mind a building.

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