Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new school in Ennistymon, County Clare; if a site for the school has been purchased; and when the new school will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43169/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Three post primary schools in Ennistymon have agreed to amalgamate to form a new Community School. The new school is expected to cater for up to 650 pupils. The amalgamation will proceed when a new school building has been provided.

The Property Management Section of my Department is in the process of acquiring a site under the terms of the Residential Institutional Redress Act with a view to facilitating this amalgamation. The transfer of ownership of the site is currently being dealt with by the Chief State Solicitor's Office. When a suitable site has been secured the project will be considered for progression in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2007-2011.