Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to meet the requirements in terms of accommodation, staff, remedial, resource or special needs teachers and classroom assistants in each of the schools, primary and post-primary in Leixlip, County Kildare in the course of the next 12 months arising from the provisions in the recently published estimates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40625/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, following widespread local consultation undertaken by the Commission on School Accommodation, the Area Development Plan for the N4/M4 corridor was published in May 2005. This plan outlines the Department's long-term educational strategy at both primary and post-primary level for this area which included Leixlip. The recommendations in the plan are being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation programme from 2007 onwards subject to the prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects.

It is open to the school authorities of the schools in Leixlip to apply for temporary accommodation to offset any immediate short-term accommodation needs.