Fianna Fáil is calling on the the government to push ahead with plans to develop a new three-school campus in Buncrana, Donegal.

The party made the call after it was revealed that a preferred site had been chosen, however no agreement with the landowner has been reached.

The proposed Crana College campus will be home to Crana College secondary school, which has more than 500 students; Buncrana Gaelscoil, which was established in 1999; and Coláiste Chineál Eoghain, which is the only second level Gaelscoil in Donegal and is housed in Tullyarvan Mill.

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Mr Charlie McConalogue TD said: "Students in Crana College are currently been taught in prefabs, while Buncrana Gaelscoil, which has more than 180 students, is using Buncrana Youth Club, as its school building.

"The pace at which this process is proceeding is completely unacceptable. It has taken years for the project to reach this stage; in fact some of the children who are in these schools will have left by the time the new campus is built. This is an extremely important project and it is imperative that it is moved to the design and construction phase as quickly as possible."

(CD/LM)