Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Has the Minister had an opportunity to read the UK Parliament report on Carillion, which is a major provider of educational construction and building services to the Irish State? Is he aware that the Loreto school in Wexford is fully completed? The teachers have moved in their equipment and materials but they have been forced to leave again because the Minister of State's Department does not seem to have any mechanism for allowing the schools to enter the premises, for which the State is paying, but where the company, which is the contractor, has collapsed. We are given to understand that the four schools and one education centre involved in that contract in Wicklow, Carlow, Wexford and Meath will face delays of at least another year.

This is when the State has been paying top dollar. I would like the Minister of State to comment on that.

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