Nessa Cosgrove (Labour) | Oireachtas source

She is very welcome. My Commencement matter today is on an issue the Minister of State will be very familiar with as she is from our own area. As background for everyone else in the House, Donegal Education Support Centre has been based in Donegal town for 28 years. It offers CPD support for primary and post-primary teachers across County Donegal. Some 95% of its classes are online. It is 100% funded by the Department of Education. The Department and the management committee have been negotiating on proposals to move the centre to Letterkenny. There is a lot of resistance to this proposal, primarily from the six women employed in the centre but also from many local councillors and TDs. I give great credit to Councillor Jimmy Brogan and Deputy Charles Ward for raising this matter.