Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge there has been a good bit of good news for schools in County Donegal. I would not begrudge the Minister that assertion. However, she will know, having visited this school, that the conditions are not acceptable for modern education. They do not comply in any way with classroom sizes, toilet and play amenities. Special needs children are being educated in hallways. It is just not acceptable. The point is that the school understood clearly that if it went down the path of modular buildings it would not have an impact on its wider plans. The fact is it has secured a new site. What stood with me is that I have rarely seen a school with such poor buildings that does not have light at the end of the tunnel, or a clear pathway to a new school. I was told that they would knuckle down and get on with the conditions they have if they knew a new school was coming down the line. We are looking to give them hope that pathway is there. They can endure these conditions for another couple of years until we get to the point, and they have a school they deserve, considering the tremendous education they provide.

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