SENATOR WANTS FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR GALWAY GAELSCOILS

Date Published: 29-Jul-2011

The Education Minister is unable to confirm when funding for two Gaelscoils in the county will be made available.

A planning application for a new school for Gaelscoil de hÍde, Oranmore is currently pending approval from planners.

Management at Gaelscoil Riabhach in Loughrea have also submitted an application for funding for an extension and refurbishment works.

In response to a question by Galway Senator Trevor O ‘ Clochartaigh, the Education Minister said funding for both projects would be ‘assessed based on current demands on the Departments capital budget’.

Senator O’ Clochartaigh says Minister Ruairí Quinn needs to look at these school projects realistically