Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consultation which has taken place with teachers, school principals, boards of management, local authorities, VECs, schools and so on in the course of the preparation of the school planning draft plan for north Dublin, east Meath and south Louth; and if further consultation will take place before the plan is published. [18045/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The draft area development plan for the 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.

Following publication of the draft plan, the commission on school accommodation will conduct a public consultation process where parents, trustees, sponsors of prospective new schools and all interested parties in the locality will have the opportunity to make submissions on the draft plan. These submissions, which will also be published, will be taken into consideration before a final development plan is drawn up for the area.