Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State. I would like to read his reply before I start because for the past 15 years, I have been getting the same reply on this issue. The school has been in a prefab accommodation for 19 years and from the day that went on site, it was supposed to get a new school building. The prefab accommodation was supposed to be temporary building but it is still in use. It is a large school in Knocklyon and it is bursting at the seams. The prefab accommodation has been in use for 19 years and it is totally unsuitable.

There is a problem with the title deeds in regard to the site. It was a road reservation and South Dublin County Council purchased a bit of the land. This has been an issue since about five years after the school was established. I was told about ten years ago that South Dublin County Council had requested that the site be vested in the Department of Finance, as that would be the only way to sort this out, but after that, nothing was done. It has been going from Billy to Jack. Three years ago, I thought the Department of Education would do something but nothing happened.

I am blue in the face asking about this. I was told it was within the remit of the Property Registration Authority, the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Education and Skills. Nobody wants the site; it is a road reservation. South Dublin County Council does not have title to it. Everybody is in agreement in the Department of Education and Skills that a new school is needed. Less than a year ago, I was informed by the Minister that other site options are being considered but no specific details were given in that reply.

Can the Minister of State comment on this? What is the actual position? After 20 years of waiting for a new school building, the teachers and pupils - some former pupils are now sending their children to the school - deserve to know what is happening. The issue has been going on much too long and I am dying to hear what the Minister of State has to say.