Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, I am disappointed there is no clear information on the timeframe for the receipt of funding for this school. Is the Minister of State in a position to provide more detailed information, which is lacking in the reply and which effectively only states what we know and what is already in the public arena? We need to know, however, when the examination of the masterplan in the Department will it be completed. It currently has a high band rating of 1.4, but does that mean one, two or three years? What is the current timeframe for granting money to schools in the 1.4 band rating? On average, how long must such schools wait before they receive funding? That is the kind of data we need to receive on the Adjournment so that we can get some sense of when the project will be delivered.

If the Minister of State is not in a position to provide that information today, perhaps he can convey my concerns to the Department. He could ask the departmental officials to contact me with more detailed information on the project. This reply is unsatisfactory, given the promises that have been made on providing funding for this school, which is meant to be a high priority.