Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the location of the proposed new second level school for Castaheany, Ongar and Littlepace; the specification of the site; the number of acres in the site; if the site has been acquired from the developers either by her Department or by Fingal County Council or by her Department and Fingal County Council jointly; when the school will be open; the number of students it is expected the school will accommodate; when will enrolments be provided for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25382/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is planning the development of a new post primary school in Phibblestown to serve the growing population of the Dublin 15 area. It is intended to progress the provision of the school as a design build project. My Department advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union for design build teams and the short-listing of these teams is currently being undertaken. A project manager has also been appointed to manage the delivery of this project.

It is intended that the school will cater for 1,000 pupils. It is not possible to say at this early stage when the new school will open, however the acquisition process for the site is at an advanced stage. Due to the commercial sensitivities of site acquisitions, I am not in a position to provide further details in relation to the site at this time.