Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I neglected to congratulate him on his appointment but I believe I did so on radio on the day of his appointment.

I advise the Minister of State, and this should be borne in mind for future school assessments, that the technical assessment carried out on this school was a joke. I have pictures, which I will give the Minister of State, that show the condition of the floors in the classrooms and the toilets. The inspection carried out in this school and in other schools, of which I am aware, was simply a visual one. I welcome very much the fact that the Department will contact the school as a matter of urgency. The school authorities' insurance company has been informed of the position. The 150 junior infants at the school will not be able to use the classes concerned when they return to school on 31 August. We will deal separately on another occasion with the extension works to the school and I will continue to lobby on behalf of the school to improve the band rating. I ask the Minister of State to convey to the Department the extreme urgency of these works and I will give him the independent report. I thank him for his attention to this matter.