Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The boards of management of St. Mary's Boys' National School and the Convent of Mercy National School in Belturbet, County Cavan, submitted a well-researched and detailed proposal to the Minister's Department seeking approval to amalgamate the schools and have a new school provided on an identified suitable site owned by the parish within the town. Both aspects of this proposal need to be approved in order that the primary school-going population of Belturbet will have a modern and appropriate co-educational facility. I strongly support this application. The proposed new facility, as requested in the application, needs to be sanctioned and delivered.

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