John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raised this issue with the Minister previously. Several parents from Rathcoole, County Dublin, whose children go to preschool there have been unable to secure a primary school place for this September in either of the two schools in the village. I am not aware of the full extent of the issue but the Department needs to make inquiries.

The Minister previously indicated in a similar reply that there was to be a new eight-classroom school on Fortunestown Lane to serve the Newcastle, Rathcoole and Saggart area. I respectfully suggest that departmental officials need to revisit that decision. That new school will predominantly serve the population of Saggart and Citywest with little or no additional capacity for Rathcoole. It will have little impact on the population of Rathcoole. Will the Minister review the adequacy of the answer he has given and acknowledge that the new school proposed in Fortunestown Lane will do little to address current needs in Rathcoole?

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