asked the Minister for Education if he is aware that due to severe overcrowding in Conna National School some of the pupils have to be taught in the village hall, a distance of over half a mile from the school; and, if so, if he will take immediate steps to have an extension built to the present school.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Conna (County Cork) National School.
I am aware that the accommodation in Conna National School, County Cork, is insufficient for the present attendance and that some of the pupils are being taught in a local hall as a temporary arrangement pending the erection of an additional classroom at the school.
My Department has asked the Commissioners of Public Works to furnish a plan of a scheme for the provision of an additional room and will communicate with the manager when the plan is received. Every effort will be made to have the matter expedited.