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

The programme for Government details investment in second level education. I have raised the issue of Naas Community College on many occasions in the Chamber. It was instructed to begin enrolment in 2014. It is to have 1,000 pupils when the building is constructed but, for the fourth year in a row, it has an enrolment crisis. The town of Naas is now facing a school accommodation crisis. Every step of the project has been dogged with delays. At present it is at the pre-tender stage. It is urgent that the tender issues because this is recurring again and again. We now have 231 students fighting for 47 available places. The Minister, Deputy McHugh, is new to the job, and I wish him every success, but I hope this will go to the top of his agenda. It is a critical project for Naas.

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