The Minister for Education continues to fail the school population in Kildare South and makes light of it at party social occasions according to Fine Gael candidate Cllr Richard Daly.
“At a function in the constituency recently Minister Hanafin "jokingly referred to a politician as being "a thorn in her side" in his promotion of education projects in South Kildare"
This trite and supposedly humorous reference to education accommodation in South Kildare does no justice to a Minister who has presided over a situation which has failed to deliver buildings at primary and post primary level throughout the county.
I personally take exception to the Minister's comments while I, our school staff and students are waiting our eighth year since sanction for a fast-tracked building. Parents in Newbridge take it very seriously that there has been no realistic response to the dearth of school buildings and overcrowding in the classrooms.” Said Cllr Daly
“Each night on the doorsteps throughout Kildare South the residents talk of the scandal of the lack of school buildings and the number of pupils in primary classes. Parents have commented on the irony of Irish volunteers going to Third World countries to build permanent schools while our own primary pupils are being taught in outdated prefabs in football club grounds and car parks.
To Minister Hanafin this may be material for jest at party functions but to the parents who are wondering whether their four year old has gained a school place the joke may be ill timed and ill placed.
Minister, the thousands of "thorns" in Kildare South would like to know when, where and how many will be in the long promised buildings. Not the repeated mantra telling undecipherable "stages" which have no time limits. Parents need to know how soon schools will be built - real dates not imaginary speculation.
The failure to deliver schools and teachers is no joke and the parents in Kildare South are not laughing.”
ENDS
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