6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [3639/26]

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We need to deal with the planning and delivery of infrastructure. I have received a letter from the parent of a child attending junior infants in St. Mochta's National School in Louth village. The parent writes that two classes are currently being taught in the school hall and special education teachers are teaching in a cupboard, in the staff room and in a corridor due to lack of space. I have previously raised Monksland National School on the Cooley Peninsula, where teachers are taking their lunch in their cars or in a shipping unit. I do not think any of that is up to scratch. There is a lack of SEN offices, a GP room and all of the rest. I dealt with Louth County Council's design team for Ardee Educate Together. A proposal has now gone through to address the parking problem for the new school and two proposals have gone to the Department. I would like to think there will be support from a governmental point of view for delivery on that. That is before we start talking about the issues that need to be delivered in Dundalk as regards flooding, which may involve catchment flood risk assessment management, CFRAM. On the overpumping capacity Louth County Council has for the River Blackwater, we now need to make sure there is constant capacity. Beyond that, we need to make sure wastewater capacity exists in my part of Dundalk, where it does not exist at this point in time. We need the coast road updated and a treatment plant because 2033 is far too late.

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Yes. It is about departmental engagement with the three schools: Ardee Educate Together, St. Mochta's National School and Monksland National School.

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Yes.

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