Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Page 93 of A Programme for Partnership Government features a clear commitment to delivering a significant school capital investment programme. St. Paul's secondary school in Monasterevin is at the top of the six-year schools building list. The school has been waiting for 16 years for a new building. As the Ceann Comhairle will be well aware, the project has encountered numerous delays for a variety of reasons. The most recent of these has been caused by an issue with the new site. Last night, it was made clear at a public meeting that the delay in delivering the new school is causing problems with accommodating pupils. The local Catholic Young Men's Society, CYMS, and scouts' den are being used for some school activities. Students, parents and staff deserve better. I ask the Minister for Education and Skills to intervene to try to clear the impasse, which appears to have arisen between the solicitors in the Department and the solicitors for the site vendor, in order that the school can be delivered in 2020 in accordance with commitments given.

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