John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is good news for the school community and its parents and teachers. There is no point in labouring the issue. I am grateful for the comprehensive reply given by the Minister of State. It is very bad news to hear about the contractor, and that this was a cause for the school closing.

There is another matter, as blended learning has had to be used and there was an understandable lack of preparation because the school could not anticipate that it would have to move to online learning so quickly after resuming normal schooling. I am grateful to the Minister of State and her officials for supplying the information so quickly. I am also thankful that the funding was authorised for Sancta Maria College to proceed with the appointment of an engineering firm to address the problem as quickly as possible. Next Monday is as early as possible a date for this to be done in the circumstances. I ask the Minister of State to thank the officials in her Department for that.

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