Seanad debates

Wednesday, 11 December 2002

I had the privilege earlier this year, and in a different capacity, of opening a new school in Swords, County Dublin, which accommodates about 100 pupils. I was absolutely astonished by the high standard of the building. There is no doubt that the building unit of the Department of Education and Science is capable of doing a magnificent job. Those of us familiar with what it did ten or 20 years ago will note that its standards have improved in the interim. However, people involved with schools that are not of the same standard as the one I opened want their schools to be upgraded to that level. Expectations have legitimately risen a good deal in recent years.

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