Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister's response and appreciate her intervention. I hope the visit to school will be expedited. Irrespective of the timeframe and who was in Government in 1992, I was struck on Monday by the principal telling me he had been seeking improvements for the 33 years he has been in the job. We must examine the situation in the current context.

I picked up a letter from one of the students when I was in the schools. It reads:

Dear Minister Hanafin,

My name is Kyle. I am in senior infants in Glenswilly national school. Our school is too small. Please give us an extension.

Kyle will be delighted that his letter was sent directly to the Minister.