Donegal Senator Manus Boyle has called for action on improving safety at three schools in south Donegal.
St. Naul’s National School, Keeloges, Dunkineely National School and Killaghtee National School were all raised in the Seanad this week.
With each of the schools located on the N56, Senator Boyle is calling for the TII to address speeding and safer access for drops offs and collections.
On St. Naul’s National School, Senator Boyle highlighted the problem of school traffic trying to get back onto a main road with speeding traffic.
The second school he raised was Dunkineely National School, repeating the same call he made for traffic calming measures two years ago.
“I would like an update from the TII. Every question I ask comes back with the response that they are working on a report. That is no good. We need to see action on this,” Senator Boyle said.
Senator Boyle also voiced concern about a dangerous junction at Killaghtee National School, near Dunkineely.
“It is not so bad in the morning, when the drivers turn left, but going home in the afternoon at 3 o’clock, everyone has to cross the main road. I would like the TII to do an urgent report on that stretch of road from Inver Bridge down as far as Bruckless, to see what can be done to safeguard our children going to and coming from school,” he said.
He told the Seanad: “We need to get the safe schools scheme back up and working. It was a great scheme and it worked well in Donegal. It is something we need to get back up and going again.”
