Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

By any standard, it just does not stack up that there is clarity and transparency on the whole issue regarding those 12 schools. Why is the Minister only examining structural issues? The structure involves the walls, the roof and the foundations. There are many health and safety concerns about several of these 42 schools. For example, there are concerns about windows falling out, doors collapsing and guttering falling off the building which would pose a real health and safety danger. Why is the Minister only considering the structural issues? I notice he and the Taoiseach keep saying that it is structural structures and that it is signing off on structural issues. There are a myriad of other issues which pose a safety threat to people using those schools. Many of those issues have been brought to the attention of the Minister's Department. What has his Department done about a very high level of shoddy work?

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