Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will relay to the Minister that the Deputies wish to meet him. They referred to the need to provide additional capacity from next September. The information I have in front of me indicates that the Department is in ongoing direct contact with the patron of Skerries community college regarding capacity in the school. The Deputies have stated there are approximately 900 students in the school. The information I have is that the school has expressed a willingness to increase its long-term projected enrolment to 1,000 pupils and that the Department of Education and Skills will provide temporary accommodation on an interim basis. I take the Deputies' point that such accommodation will cater for existing pupils. I will ask the Minister to revert to them to clarify the matter and and deal with their request to meet him.

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