Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)

The Department has paid approximately €18,000 to the planning authority in submitting the relevant planning application. This was based on the planning authority's implementation of the planning regulations which required payment of this fee where the prospective schools to be housed were not named. Given the uncertainty of the planning application and the need to house both schools in permanent accommodation, it was not considered fair to either school to name them in the application.

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