Damien English, TD

Three national schools in Fingal will receive funding to replace existing prefabs with permanent accommodation, according to Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal Alan Farrell.

Three national schools in Fingal will receive funding to replace existing prefabs with permanent accommodation, according to Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal Alan Farrell.

GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Minister Paul Kehoe TD has welcomed an announcement from Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., that Boolvogue NS and Scoil Mhuire, Coolcottes will get permanent classrooms in their schools to replace prefabs.

GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Minister Paul Kehoe TD has welcomed an announcement from Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., that Boolvogue NS and Scoil Mhuire, Coolcottes will get permanent classrooms in their schools to replace prefabs.

GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Paul Kehoe TD has welcomed an announcement this afternoon from Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn and Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar TD that three Wexford schools and Wexford's road network are included in a €160 million of Government capital investments.

I'm delighted to speak on this Bill because it's addressing one of the promises that we made in our Programme for Government. We have been criticized by the people for not dealing with this earlier, but we've had a very busy referenda schedule so far, such as the Stability Treaty and the Children's Referendum. This too will be a hugely important referenda, as it's a key part of the political reform that we promised.

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, for his presence. The proposed 32nd amendment to the Constitution provides the opportunity for the people to have their say on this debate. Given the current Government's commitment to have this discussion and this referendum in 2009, followed by its inclusion in the election manifesto of a number of parties, I see no difficulty in putting this question to the people to ascertain what the response will be.

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the current strength of An Garda Síochána in the Balbriggan (Y) District, Dublin; the number of vehicles allocated; the number of Garda reserves present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.