Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

When we look at any town or area where there is an increased population, we will look first at the existing provision within the areas to see if we could expand it. We tend to look there rather than to new schools, but in the context of demand for multi-denominational primary education, and indeed not just multi-denominational, the Irish medium is in the same space. We look at a combination of factors at any one time and take account of all of those issues. There have been cases where we have sought to put schools onto land owned not by religious denominations, but the private sector.