Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It will be some time this year. St. Luke's national school has 650 pupils and about 50 staff. It is a very big school, as is Tyrrelstown Educate Together. The school is forced to take three small breaks and three large breaks for the entire school population because it no longer has a school yard. The Minister has visited the school and knows that everything remains closed off. There was a promise that the county council would make a strip of land available along the side of the school that would allow it some space for a yard. I believe the Taoiseach actually told the Minister to have this done and I do not know why it has been held up. I know that staff in Fingal County Council are working on the issue.

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