Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the need for a post primary school in Donabate, County Dublin; and when the results of the pilot project for north Dublin, east Meath and south Louth will be made available to the public including the concerned parents in Donabate. [3093/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, a new school planning model involving published area development plans is being piloted in five areas over the current school year. Donabate is included in the pilot scheme as part of an overall plan for the north Dublin, east Meath and south Louth area. The need for a new post-primary school in that area will be considered in this context.

The purpose of this new approach to school planning is to ensure that, in future, the provision of school infrastructure will be decided only after a transparent consultation process. In this regard, parents, trustees, sponsors of prospective new schools and all interested parties from a locality will have the opportunity to have their voices heard in the process.

Arising from this process, an individual plan will set out the blueprint for the future of educational provision in an area, which will be the touchstone against which all decisions in relation to capital investment will be made for the next decade.

The draft plan for north Dublin, east Meath and south Louth area is nearing completion in the school planning section of my Department and I hope to be in a position to publish it shortly.