Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept and the Department accepts the need for the building to progress. I want to be clear that it has devolved to the school authority. It appears there are site-specific challenges. It appears there were two outstanding technical recommendations for the site. They have been communicated to the school authority. We await what further progress the school authority can make. It has been advised of the two challenges that have been raised. The Department is awaiting the design team's response. The Deputy will appreciate there are a number of stages that must be gone through to ensure that everything is as it should be and all of the demands and whatever the challenges might be can be overcome. Two specific challenges have been identified and the Department is awaiting the response of the design team on these. In the interim, to facilitate the school the Department has engaged directly with it to facilitating a positive outcome on the two specific challenges.

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