Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister spoke about school completions, the number of people working on them and the work that is being done.

My eldest daughter will be 19 in less than two weeks. She attended Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers when she was five. I was on the board of management. A new school is going to be built, probably in two or three years. It has been sanctioned and is going through design. Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers has been looking for a school building for 40 years, since 1985. It is unbelievable how slow this country is to deliver projects. The conditions in the school are very bad. It was formerly located above Na Piarsaigh GAA club. Only for them, they would not have a school at all. The school then moved to a business park and then to another school. They were like nomads.

The Convent Primary School in Mallow is looking for an extension and we are told there is a study going on. The Patrician Academy in Mallow has 43 children and is on a waiting list for a secondary school. There was a new school built eight years ago. It is unbelievable.

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