{"id":5540,"date":"2026-04-22T13:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:33:05","slug":"twelve-year-wait-for-a-school-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/twelve-year-wait-for-a-school-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve year wait for a school \u2018unacceptable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that the interminable delay in the Scoil Maelruain rebuilding project is just another example of children in Tallaght being let down and left behind when it comes to supports and resources from government. <br \/><br \/>Speaking after raising the matter with the Minister for Special Education in the D\u00e1il today, Teachta Crowe said:<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe interminable delay in the Scoil Maelruain rebuilding project is completely unacceptable. The situation in the school has deteriorated to the point of mould, water running down walls, water dripping from the ceiling and ceiling tiles collapsing on staff and students alike. <br \/><br \/>\u201cIt is unsafe and deeply unfair to the students and the teacher s who are all doing their best in the worst of scenarios. How can you give children a decent education when there is a steady drip drip of water into buckets scattered around the room? <br \/><br \/>\u201cIn 2011, the Department agreed to two extensions to the junior and senior schools. In 2014, there was a visit to the schools and the Department felt it was necessary for a rebuild. Ever since, the school authorities have been trying to get the schools built. <br \/><br \/>\u201cIt has gone on long enough. The parents and school community feel they have been ignored. It\u2019s just another example of children in Tallaght being let down and left behind when it comes to supports and resources from government. whether it\u2019s our schools or the chronically understaffed CDNT in Chamber House, Tallaght needs and deserves greater supports.\u201d <br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that the interminable delay in the Scoil Maelruain rebuilding project is just another example of children in Tallaght being let down and left behind when it comes to supports and resources from government. Speaking after raising the matter with the Minister for Special Education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5541,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions\/5541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}