Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for coming in. I raise the issue of North Wicklow Educate Together secondary school in Bray. I am not sure whether the Minister is familiar with this school but she will become very familiar with it. It has been let down over recent years in finding permanent accommodation and has been bounced from temporary accommodation to temporary accommodation. Unfortunately, it is in the middle of one of those bounces. It has packed up where it was based in the previous academic year and has all its things in storage. It was planned that it would move into a disused primary school in Bray, but it has yet to receive the keys to that school. It had been promised a complete refurbishment of the school, but that has not occurred and so the school wants to know what is happening. It needs to be able to find accommodation for its 240 students for September. It needs to be able to plan. There are many children with additional needs in the school who need to be planned for. I ask the Minister to give a progress update and to make sure the school gets the care and support it requires.

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