Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)

I raise with the Taoiseach the issue of Grange Post-Primary School in north Sligo. I visited the school last September I think - certainly it was before the general election - with other public representatives and we were given a tour of the school and the very cramped situation they are in. There are overcrowded classrooms and problems with toilet facilities are particularly a problem. Children are queuing up during lunch break to go to the toilet and sometimes fail to do so. The principal and the chair of the parents' association have written to me and to other public representatives on this. The minimum need they have is to get toilet facilities put in place before the next school term. There are only a number of weeks left in the school term, as we know. The school also has a long-promised extension which is badly needed. Children in the area who live quite close to the school are having to travel to other schools because there is no space there. Really this is an issue that needs urgent attention to make sure the toilet facilities are put in place and the long-promised extension is expedited as soon as possible.

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