Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in the Dublin 2, 4 and 6 areas which are owned and under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7398/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are different management and ownership structures for primary schools. The vast majority of denominational and multi-denominational primary schools are owned by the relevant patron.

Sites and school buildings for Gaelscoileanna are vested in the Minister for Education and Science. Since 1999, the state offers to provide the full cost of sites for all new schools at both primary and post-primary level. Where the State bears the cost of the site purchase, new school buildings provided on these sites would be vested in the Minister and leased to the school operator. I will arrange for the information to be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.