Jim McDaid (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)

I thank Senator Scanlon for raising this matter. He explained that the school in question applied for a new building in 1972, that in 1985 the project was at its current stage in the school building programme and that the school has six classrooms, 131 children, some of whom have various problems, and 15 staff. I am glad to have an opportunity of outlining to the House the current position of the Department of Education and Science on the allocation of funding for school building projects in general.