Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 1699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to establish a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [2456/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy has an application with the Department for a new school building. The application has been assessed in accordance with the prioritisation criteria agreed with the educational partners. Fingal County Council is making a site in Donabate available to the Department for educational purposes. A portion of this site is currently occupied by Donabate/Portrane Educate Together NS which is housed in temporary accommodation. The site, which is adjacent to a community centre, is sufficiently large to develop a multi school campus arrangement comprising a primary and a post primary facility.

Progress on this project will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2006 to 2011 and in light of the recommendations outlined in the Area Development Plan for North Dublin, East Meath and South Louth, which has recently been published in draft format.