Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

Department of Education and Science

Site Acquisitions

11:00 pm

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that the Dublin 7 Educate Together will be located at Grangegorman as the permanent primary school there; if assistance will be given with the short-term provision of accommodation for this school in the 2006-07 academic year; and her plans for this school in the longer term. [11680/06]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Grangegorman is a unique site and is of strategic importance in the context of Dublin as a whole and to the north inner city in particular.

The Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 makes provision for the establishment of an agency to undertake the development of the Grangegorman site. The functions of the agency include, inter alia, the promotion of the Grangegorman site as a location for education, health and other facilities, co-ordinate the development or re-development of the site, engage in the planning process, decide on the appropriate procurement strategy, arrange an appropriate communication strategy and consult with stake holders and relevant interested third parties. My Department has always envisaged that the development of the Grangegorman site has the scope to help facilitate the long-term primary and post-primary needs of the area including those of Dublin 7 Educate Together. However, in tandem with proposed developments at Grangegorman, my Department continues to explore other options for the long-term accommodation of this school.

Officials from the school planning section of my Department recently secured agreement from the owners of the premises where the school is currently located that it can remain in its current location for the school year 2006-07. My Department has agreed to carry out identified necessary and urgent improvement works at the building concerned.

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