Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State and the Minister for the work they have done and for taking an interest in this issue in the past few weeks. Incidentally, the recreational demands of the area are considerable. Maynooth University borders the site and there are proposals to increase its student mass to 17,000 from where it stands currently at around 15,000. The recreational and outdoor space available there would be very useful in dealing with the recreational requirements of the area. It is hugely important that this matter has been resolved to the satisfaction of local interests, who were always in agreement with it and did not have any difficulty at all coming to the accommodation that was sought by Maynooth Boys' National School. I again thank the Minister of State and her colleague for the work they have done on the issue. I anticipate the work that is still required over the next six months or so and recognise that when the construction work is completed on the boys' school, it will be able to revert to the original access, subject to any agreements that might emerge in the meantime.

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