Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge what the school is doing. A doubling of the size of the school represents a significant expansion. The Department, without knowing the details of circumstances locally, will have to consider capacity in other schools and where pupils are being drawn from. There is a matrix of criteria that the Department uses in assessing applications. As stated, it will be in touch with the school directly to assess the proposal.

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