Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding the establishment and recognition of a Gaelcholáiste in Buncrana, County Donegal. [42368/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It is my Department's policy to support the provision of all-Irish school facilities at primary and post-primary level in all areas where a demand for such provision is clearly demonstrated and no alternative exists within a reasonable distance.

An application has been received from County Donegal VEC to establish a Gaelcholáiste in Buncrana from September 2007 and this is under active consideration in my Department. A decision on the granting of recognition to the proposed school will be conveyed to the VEC when the assessment is finalised.