Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the setting up of a community college in Charleville, County Cork. [34162/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The schools referred to by the Deputy are two of three post-primary schools serving the needs of the area in question, two of which are voluntary schools and one a vocational school under the aegis of the vocational education committee.

On foot of an application for capital investment in the two school mentioned, officials in my Department carried out an examination of all relevant factors such as enrolment and demographic trends in the area. This examination indicated a downward trend in enrolments in the longer term and the possibility of a single school to cater for the needs of pupils in the area was put to the trustees of the three existing schools for their consideration. The issue has not yet been finalised.