Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and acknowledge the fact that he was down in Galway. These investments are vitally important and that is a lot of money in a good week for the region in terms of educational facilities. Referring to the STEM building, when I was lecturing there seven years ago, and for a number of years before that, we were talking about what the Minister called bundle 2 and those five projects within that. The bundle is running around the place for many years now. It is important to state that many of the lecturers and students are still being taught in classrooms which were build 50 years ago. This is the 50th anniversary of the Regional Technical College, RTC, building opening and the classrooms were designed for a different era. This project will not cure all ills but it is a big step forward because Galway provides a significant number of STEM graduates to the workplace and they do great work. I am delighted to see things are improving and that project is progressing but I hope we get a conclusion. We are all aware of construction inflation but it is important we bring this to right conclusion.

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