Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister of State. I have submitted a Commencement matter about Dunkineely National School. I am not sure if the Minister of State knows Dunkineely. It is built on the N56. I would also like to mention Keeloges and Killaghtee national schools, which also have a problem with the N56. The priority today is Dunkineely. It is built on a hill. If you come from Donegal town or Mountcharles, you climb the hill heading for Killybegs and, going the other way, you descend. This issue was raised in 2023 when a car went through a red light at the school and there was a near miss. There were other near misses in January and May 2024. We were told the Department was doing a report. Where is the report? It is two years on and nothing has happened. Will raised tables be in place for September for the children going to school? What is really holding it up? That is what the public ask me. Is it Donegal County Council or TII? People want to know. Thank God nobody was injured at the school on those three occasions. Do we have to wait until something really bad happens and then things will be implemented? I must thank the local gardaí, who keep a high profile there in the morning and evening. People now know coming into the town that the gardaí could be there. That is slowing things down. This is a school. Uncles, aunts, parents, grannies and grandads take the children to school in the morning. Their hearts are in their mouths trying to cross the road. There are big, heavy, loaded HGVs coming from Killybegs and traffic from Donegal town. What is there at the minute is definitely not working. We have to get something as soon as possible. I really hope the Minister of State has the answers with her today.