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"No agreement with landowner on
Buncrana school"
24.11.16
DONEGAL T.D., Charlie
McConalogue has called for the urgent prioritisation
of the building of a new three-school campus in
Buncrana as it emerged that no agreement has yet
been made on the preferred site.
Deputy McConalogue said that Education Minister
Richard Bruton had told him
that while a preferred site has been selected and
the Department has been engaging with the landowner,
"no agreement has been reached".
He said Mr Bruton also informed him that the
Department had engaged with other landowners in
respect of a second site as an alternative option.
“This project has been in the pipeline for years but
there has been practically no movement on the
construction of a new campus to house the three
schools. The proposed Crana College campus will be
home to Crana College secondary school, which has
more than 500 students; Buncrana Gaelscoil, which
was established in 1999; and Coláiste Chineál
Eoghain, which is the only second level Gaelscoil in
Donegal and is housed in Tullyarvan Mill," said
Deputy McConalogue. |
“Students in Crana
College are currently been taught in prefabs, while
Buncrana Gaelscoil, which has more than 180
students, is using Buncrana Youth Club, as its
school building.
"However, last week Minister Richard Bruton
confirmed to me that although a preferred site had
been selected and that the Department has been
engaging with the landowner, no agreement has been
reached. He also revealed that the Department has
engaged with other landowners in respect of a second
site as an alternative option. |
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Deputy Charlie McConalogue |
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“The pace at which this
process is proceeding is completely unacceptable. It
has taken years for the project to reach this stage;
in fact some of the children who are in these
schools will have left by the time the new campus is
built. "This is an extremely important project and
it is imperative that it is moved to the design and
construction phase as quickly as possible," added
the FF representative. |
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