Seanad debates
Wednesday, 11 December 2002
Primary Education: Motion.
Of the 75 schools surveyed, 66% had inadequate toilet facilities – many of them have outdoor toilets – 50% have inadequate handwashing or drying facilities, 40% do not have adequate heating, 43% either have no drinking water or have water that is unfit for human consumption, 47% have rotten windows and doors, 71% have an inadequate or unsafe schoolyard and most do not have the basic facilities of a general purpose room, a principal's office, a staff room or a room where extra tuition can be given to support disadvantaged children. Teachers supporting the disadvantaged are teaching in corridors.
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