Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for mentioning the Ardcath group. I had good engagements with Mr. Mick Reilly, who I have known for a long time. I will engage with the Minister next week and will inform the Deputy in advance of that. We need to work on this together. It is something that can happen. There are things going against it because the school is closed. It is for sale so, presumably, money is being sought. It is a lightly populated area but has major potential for multi-denominational education. It is in the Ashbourne planning area but it is not very close to multi-denominational school. Special education is another potentiality because, quite frankly, we are looking for premises for special education schools. I undertake to work with the Deputy and the entire committee. I again thank him for raising the matter. We will see what potentialities come from the Department of Education next week. I have discussed this with the Minister for Education. I have no doubt we will all do the same next week.

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