Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

Once again, I thank Senator O’Reilly for bringing up this issue on behalf of her constituents. As I said earlier, I am dealing with this matter on behalf of the Minister for education, Deputy McEntee. The Department of Education and Youth awaits the submission of the stage 2b post-planning report and will progress the project once this has been submitted for evaluation. The report must include all statutory requirements associated with the planning process. At this stage it is not possible to predict when this school building will go to construction and be completed as progress depends on many contingent factors that can arise throughout the process. I suggest that the Senator communicate directly with the Department and the Minister on the particular circumstances surrounding this school building project. The Minister and the Department want to see school building projects built as quickly as possible.