Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation at a school (details supplied) in which 30 children with special needs are being housed in a three bedroom privately owned house; if her Department will authorise the purchase of a reserved site in the area and build a special national school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22140/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school planning section of my Department is aware of the need to provide a long-term accommodation solution to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. The children attending the school come from a wide catchment area. With this in mind, the appropriate location for the school is under consideration in my Department. When this has been determined, site acquisition procedures will be commenced.