Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. My understanding from speaking to the Department is that the school contacted the Department in April of this year for the refurbishment under the additional school accommodation scheme. My understanding is that the Department liaised quite quickly with the school in respect of particular information it required to progress the application and that it had to issue a reminder recently because the information was not forthcoming. It might be worthwhile for the Senator to speak to the principal and the school. Obviously, I can liaise with the Senator or his staff in terms of giving more information regarding what is required. The school is aware, however, that there is information outstanding. Once we have that information, there should be no difficulty in getting this special class up and running. The fact that the school is currently enrolling children augurs well but summer will be upon us quickly. That is not to say that the ASA scheme and the planning and building unit will not be working during summer. If the Senator were to speak to the school, that would be worthwhile and we would be able to get this progressed.