Mr. Brian Power:

Yes. We looked at all of south Kildare. The principal area where there is pressure in Kildare at present is the Kildare town school planning area. We see an increase in excess of 300 over time there. That would not in itself normally trigger a new school.

Part of the picture is the fact that we are supplying new accommodation and extra places across a whole range of other schools, including St. Paul's on the Monasterevin site. The St. Paul's places are included in that, which is an indication that we expect to see them delivered. Also, in Athy, Kilcullen and at Newbridge there are extra places. Between all of them, I think we are looking at 1,700 extra post-primary school places, which is quite large. The only part of south Kildare where the numbers are coming in and are not accounted for in that way would be in the Kildare town area. Because of the extent of that, what we will examine at present is the feasibility of how existing schools could be expanded with major projects. However, we will keep it under review. With new housing and various things happening so quickly in those areas, if that happens and if it impacts very significantly before anything else happens, then we would have to look at that again.