Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to hear the Minister refer to 1,000-pupil Greystones Community College project which is also part of the of the building mix required in Greystones. However, my question related to the extensions for Temple Carrig School and to Coláiste Chraobh Abhann. They are all part of the mix. As the Minister knows, every year we go through this frantic process of trying to find school places in Greystones.

Coláiste Chraobh Abhann has planning permission and I think is at stage 2B of process. We really need that process to be speeded up so that extension can go ahead to provide another 200 places. Temple Carrig has not yet entered the planning process and is at stage 1. I appreciate the different stages in the public spending code, but we have this crunch every year Greystones. If possible, I would like to see those two projects prioritised and speeded up as well as Greystones Community College, which will provide a 1,000-pupil school. That will actually solve the school places issue in Greystones, Kilcoole and north Wicklow in the long term.

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