Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new national school for Naas, County Kildare, will open in September 2005; if parents of pupils in existing primary schools in Naas will be advised in good time of the option to transfer to the new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13037/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Construction work is well advanced on the new 16 classroom primary school in Naas. The school building also includes provision for two special classrooms for children with autism. Approximately half of the classrooms in the new school are expected to be ready for September 2005. This is expected to be more than sufficient to cater for the school's immediate accommodation needs. The balance of the school building is scheduled for completion in November 2005. The enrolment policy for the new school is a matter for its board of management to be decided in consultation with the other primary schools in Naas.