Alan Kelly (Labour)

While I thank the Minister of State for his response, I wish to raise a couple of matters. First, it is difficult for Nenagh Vocational School to maintain its enrolment at the appropriate level when parents can see its current condition. Would the Minister of State enrol his child in a school that he knew lacked showers and adequate physical education facilities and where health and safety risks abound? Parts of some rooms cannot be entered because of the danger of electrocution. The enrolment issue arises from the condition in which the school has been left. While other schools have received funding down the years, the aforementioned two schools have been left out.

Second, a serious issue exists which will make national——