Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was told about eight years ago that the county council would go down the route of compulsory purchase orders. I was informed that it had to go down the route of vesting in the Department of Finance because it was impossible to have compulsory purchase orders. I have been told about legal advice for the past ten years, which seems to involve people sitting on their backsides. As I said, this is not the fault of the Department of Education and Skills. I have never before seen that Department draw up plans for a school when it did not own a site. It has gone as far as drawing up plans for the school, which is unprecedented and for which I thank it.

The Minister of State's Department will have to contact the legal department in South Dublin County Council and make sure the work is done. If it cannot be done, it should say why that is the case. I ask the Minister of State to send a letter. The Department of Education and Skills is meeting the board of management, but the board is sick of meetings. I do not know how many meetings it has had. I want the Minister of State's Department to send a letter telling the relevant bodies to proceed with the project. I again thank the Minister of State. As I said, the money is in place, something which has to be acknowledged.