New schools are still being built with '1990s designs'

Senator Roisin Garvey: We are telling children about climate change but we are not putting them in the right buildings." Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

New school buildings are still being fitted with gas boilers despite a retrofitting scheme aimed at making older buildings more climate-friendly, the Seanad has heard.

Many new school builds also have not been designed with a whole-school-ventilation system, and active travel infrastructure seems to be “secondary” in the design process.