Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the invitation by her Department to the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin to consider the reconfiguration of the Catholic schools in Edenderry; the position regarding the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3436/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In advance of a new Catholic primary school being established in Edenderry, the Commission on School Accommodation (in its Area Development Plan for the N4/M4 corridor) and the New Schools Advisory Committee recognised the need for existing primary schools in Edenderry to consider re-configuration to strengthen their position. The NSAC finding came on foot of an application to establish a new Catholic primary school in Edenderry last year. This finding was endorsed by the New Schools Independent Appeals Committee. The latter also emphasised the need for this issue to be addressed regardless of the ethos of any new primary school being established. An application has again been submitted to the NSAC to establish a new Catholic primary school in Edenderry this September. Therefore, the Patron of the existing schools has formally been asked to address the issue of reconfiguration in accordance with the findings as outlined above. The Department is awaiting the Patron's response in this matter.