Brendan Howlin
Question:353 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children at St. Margaret's national school, Curracloe, County Wexford, must remain in their classroom from 9.20 a.m. to 3 p.m. on wet days owing to the absence of any shelter facility in the outdoor play area, that the school gym is of necessity used as a classroom; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that up to 150 new dwellings in this school's catchment area are to be built in the near future, that the proposed one-room extension will be inadequate for the projected school population which is already near to the level requiring a fourth assistant teacher; if the accommodation needs of this school will be reviewed urgently in view of this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3983/99]
