James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I welcome the timeline and that there will be confirmation by the end of next week because the school authorities are in limbo at the moment.

I would be happier if the Minister was to tell me that the correspondence which will arrive next week will be good news. Knowing they will be told something is useful but knowing they will be told something that will advance the project would be ten times better. Can the Minister clarify whether the school is in line for the new building? It is ten years in the making and it has gone through all the different stages. It has been approved again and again, planning permission has been granted and in 2015 it was agreed for the capital programme. Are we going to stall in 2018 or are we moving forward?

I welcome the fact that there will be an update next week but I would be grateful if the Minister would indicate what it might be. Otherwise the parents will have another week or fortnight of anxiety. This topical issue matter is the time and place to make it known.

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