Seanad debates

Thursday, 7 November 2002

Adjournment Matters. - Schools Building Projects.

 

The project is urgently needed. The school requires two additional classrooms, eight rooms for resource teachers, a general purpose room, a computer room, a principal's office, a storage area, a music room and facilities for special needs children. For the Minister for Education and Science to send out a letter essentially saying that, for the foreseeable future and financial reasons, architectural planning cannot go ahead is totally unacceptable. It flies in the face of the assertions by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance that what we are witnessing across the public sector are mere adjustments. This is a blatant and unjustified cutback. I plead with the Minister of State to bring to the attention of his colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, the urgent needs of this school.

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