St Paul's new building delayed again due to legal case against Department of Education says Kildare TD

By Kim O'Leary

Deputy Fiona O’Loughlin TD has expressed her disappointment that the legal case against the Department of Education has been adjourned until 10 December 2018.

Earlier this month it emerged that the Department had to temporarily stop the tendering process for the building of a new school for St Paul’s in Monasterevin.

Speaking on this, Deputy O’Loughlin said that she was 'extremely disappointed' that the case  has been adjourned in the High Court for a second time.

She said: "The case will be before the court on 10th of December yet the second adjournment is worrying for all involved in the lobbying of the new school over the last 16 years. 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."

“It was previously hoped that the new school would be delivered before the end of quarter of 2019 and now we are stuck waiting until the legal case is finalised. I hope that the case progresses in December so that the new school building process can move forward”, concluded O’Loughlin