John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. As I said, this is just the start of the process of this campaign and the goal of getting these science laboratories updated. As the Minister of State has acknowledged and as I have pointed out, the way we will do this is through the summer works scheme through category 5, which is funding for science laboratories. Obviously, there will be a number of schools trying to apply for that. I would hope that, given the really severe condition of these school laboratories, which have not been updated since the 1970s and 1998, when the application does come from the De La Salle secondary school in Dundalk, the Minister and the Department would be able to look upon it favourably and in the context of the situation that nearly all of the 700 students in the school are taking science and they need the full science experience that students get at other schools in Dundalk.