Manus Boyle (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I rise to talk about Milford primary school. On 31 March 2023, the then Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, visited this school in Milford. The Department of Education was advised the school needed to get a new site, but the Department of Education refused to pay for it. In February 2024, a landowner gave five acres of land to the school at no cost to the Department. In April 2024, an application was made to the Department for a new school. In May of that year, the school principal and Fr. Stephen Gorman went to Letterkenny to meet and lobby the Minister, Deputy Foley, for a new school.

Prior to the general election, the Department of Education promised that someone from a technical department would examine the new site. This was carried out. However, nothing has come back from the Department on it. The board of management has worked tirelessly on this issue. It is getting nowhere fast. The school needs to be built as a matter of urgency. It is an old building and this issue simply cannot be kicked down the road any longer. Will the Leader find out and get me an update on where the school is at this minute?