John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I asked the Minister about this issue last week when news first broke that Carillion had gone into voluntary liquidation. He gave assurances in the House that there would be no delays whatsoever, other than a day or two. Something has changed substantially in the interim. I have been speaking to the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, and it said everything has been checked out legally and it could foresee no delays whatsoever. Construction workers are walking off building sites in Bray in my constituency. I refer to two schools, Coláiste Ráithín and St. Philomena's. Coláiste Ráithín is finished. It was ready to be opened on 22 January. Additional teachers have been employed.

First year is being doubled in size and is now at 100% capacity. It is bursting at the seams. It is completely unacceptable for the Taoiseach to say they have their old schools to go back to when those old schools are not fit for purpose. They do not have the facilities.

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