Schools Health and Safety

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2015

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Questions (467)

Andrew Doyle

Question:

467. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the external lighting in the internal road network within the school campus at Blacklion, Greystones, County Wicklow will be made operational; her views that the absence of functioning lighting in a campus containing two national schools and a secondary school represents a significant danger and hazard to children, staff and parents; if her Department has consulted with the Health and Safety Authority in relation to the absence of such lighting in a workplace under the ownership of her Department; the interim steps that will be taken to provide such lighting pending any permanent solution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3690/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I wish to advise the Deputy that none of the schools on the campus in question has raised this matter with my Department. I understand that the street lights referred to by the Deputy may be on the access road to the school campus. However, this road is outside the campus site boundary and is not under the ownership of my Department. The lights internal to the respective schools' site boundary are functioning as intended. Officials from my Department will contact the schools in question to identify the issues and to determine what action may be required.