Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am aware of this issue because it has been raised previously, including by the Deputy. The information we have in the Department very clearly shows approximately 1,000 pupils move outside Dublin 15 on a daily basis to go to schools in the surrounding areas. This is obviously putting pressure on those schools. The view is the development of the new school, which I know is temporarily placed elsewhere, and moving it back into the Mulhuddart and Tyrrelstown area where the problem is most acute will resolve many of the pressures placed on surrounding schools. We have to work with the data we have. We have to work on the basis of where we see movement and where we see enrolment happening. This has to be kept under constant review. If it is the case that demographics change, or the school moves to have the permanent build in the Mulhuddart and Tyrrelstown area, but there still continues to be pressure in other areas, then there needs to be a very rapid response. The information and the data the Department has, which it has to work with, shows this should create a relief, particularly for those schools that are significantly under pressure.

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