Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply, which I acknowledge is very positive. The Minister of State has promised the parents, pupils and staff of Pelletstown Education Together that they will have their prefabs in September 2019. I welcome that promise. We will hold the Minister of State to it. This school has been split and we want a commitment that it will not be split again.

I am interested to hear that the developers, who are advertising the wonderful schools in the area to sell the houses, were slow to give their consent to the installation of the prefabs on the current temporary site. Will the Minister of State confirm that the entire site, which is a large site, will be useable as required for the prefabs and for the essential purposes of the school?

I hear the Minister is lodging the planning application shortly. Does "shortly" mean by the end of next week because it will take a couple of months to build the prefabs and satisfy the planning conditions? We want it open in September.

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