Monasterevin school with damp pre-fabs still waiting for a new building 16 years on

Above: A previous protest calling for new school facilities 

Tendering for construction on a new school in Co Kildare is delayed again.

A South Kildare TD has announced that the Department of Education responded to concerns that the tendering for the new building for St Paul’s in Monasterevin has been postponed due to a legal case against the Department of Education and Skills.

Speaking on this O’Loughlin said: “The school has been waiting 16 years for the new building and concerns have been made for years from the teachers, students and parents.  The number of students doubled in 10 years and there are only two toilet cubicles for 207 boys.  Teachers have no staff room and old, damp prefabs are in use”.

She said:“The Department confirmed the legal case against them from a contractor that was not shortlisted for tendering of the new school."

Deputy O'Loughlin said:“In May I was assured that this new building was top priority for the Department of Education over any other building project in the country and now we are forced to wait for the outcome of the legal case before any progress will be made on delivering the new building."

She said:“It was previously hoped that the new school would be delivered before the end of quarter of 2019 and now we are stuck waiting on the legal case to be adjourned before any developments can be made”.