John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On Monday, the Dutch Infrastructure Fund made an announcement that a contractor, Woodvale Construction, was to be appointed to finish three schools that were caught up in the collapse of Carillion. Two of those schools are in my own constituency, namely, Ravenswell primary school and Coláiste Ráithín, while one, Loreto College, is in Wexford. That has to be welcomed. There is a new timeline for construction, with those schools to be completed in August. Facilities maintenance was not included but we were told at the outset that was a critical reason for the prolonged delay in appointing the contractor. Are there problems appointing a facilities management provider? Can the Taoiseach give categorical assurances that those schools that are due to be completed in August will open in September, irrespective of whether there is an agreement on facilities maintenance?

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