Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her response. I appreciate that she will raise the matter directly with the Minister, Deputy Foley. I have raised it directly with her myself, and with staff in her office. Nevertheless, I am still hugely concerned. I understand that the long-term vision for the provision of additional school places is the relocation of Curragh Community College, where the principal, Nessa Doyle, is second to none, but she cannot magic places out of nowhere for next year. As it currently stands, she will only have 26 available places next year if modular buildings are not on site. There was no response in regard to the modular buildings that have been 100% committed to for September 2023. That is why I have a great concern in that regard. I appreciate that the project will be under the ADAPT programme. It is realised that it is a priority, but it is the short-term situation that I am hugely concerned about. I feel I will have no option but to bring this up again in a Commencement debate in the not-too-distant future, and to request a meeting with the Minister, Deputy Foley, and principals in the area, because it is simply not good enough that a few weeks away from the enrolment process beginning, we are still in limbo land. I still believe that is the case in spite of the response that we are there.