Lorraine Higgins (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response, but I am a little disappointed with it because I have not received any further information regarding the progress of the project. The principal, the parents, the students and the board of management are in limbo as a result of the project being stuck where it has been for some time. We need a firm commitment from the Department that it will expedite the negotiations with the landowner and Galway County Council, for the benefit of the students attending the school and the growing population. Currently there are 180 students enrolled in the school and the trend is upward. This is a project that needs to be expedited and I appeal to the Department and its Ministers to do so. I appreciate this project is not within the remit of the Minister of State, but I would appreciate it if he carried this message back to the Department.