Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I can assure all the Deputies that the Minister has recently secured significant extra capital funding for the Department. She fought very hard to secure it. The board of management's report will be assessed. Extensive demolition proposals were examined in the original review. The new engineer's conditional report will be assessed. The Minister has committed to Deputy O'Sullivan that she will have the meeting and discuss this issue. I think this issue does need to be explored. To Deputy Barry, I say that statistics are very important because this reflects the number of classes being stood up. I refer to the number of new classes and the level of new provision being stood up in the area.

That shows the Department is investing and making new classes available. I certainly will reflect to the Minister the strength of feeling and the observations of the Ceann Comhairle on the reply to her as well.

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