Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is kind of on the same matter. I want to raise with the Taoiseach the issue of Bailieborough Community School, which was built many years ago but for 600 students. Back in September of 2022, it was approved to almost double the footprint of that school. That school currently has 740 students. I am going to cut to the chase. The board of management, the principal and I have made many requests to the Department of Education on this. We are simply seeking to move from design stage 2A to 2B. It has been stuck at stage 2A for eight months. The school is doing Trojan work to stagger breaks, classes, physical education, PE, and everything just to manage the situation. Can the Taoiseach make an intervention? Perhaps the Department of public expenditure needs a little bit of a shove on this as well. We really need to see something happen, however. It is deeply unfair to the principal and staff who are trying to manage the situation.

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