Sinn Fein has expressed disappointment after the Minister for Education confirmed expansion plans at a secondary school in Dublin have been delayed.

Pupils attending Lusk Secondary School are currently being accommodated in prefabs.

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal Louise O'Reilly hit out at Minister Richard Bruton and asked him when the next phases of the school project will commence.

Deputy O'Reilly said: "It is not acceptable that pupils are being accommodated in prefabs. This issue has been raised with me by a number of constituents. They want to know when the school will be built. They are not happy that their children are being accommodated in prefabs.

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"Nobody will be surprised when I express disappointment with the Minister's response as it indicated that the project will be delayed even further while the Department awaits receipt of the stage 2b report. There is a pressing need for the building project at the community school in Lusk to be completed. This is an area of north County Dublin with a growing population where educational needs will only increase. It is not acceptable that pupils are being accommodated in prefabricated buildings and do not have access to a school gymnasium.

"The Minister's response does not give me anything of comfort which would allow me to convey to the people of Lusk that the project will proceed any time soon."

(CD)