Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been in existence for ten years in dilapidated prefab buildings and that these conditions are totally unsatisfactory for the education of children; her plans to replace the prefabs with a permanent new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4102/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has an application from the school referred to by the Deputy for a new school building. Officials in School Planning Section are considering a number of options for the long term solution to the school's accommodation difficulties. Among the options being considered is the possibility of securing a Greenfield site in the area and our agents in this regard — the Office of Public Works — are pursuing this in tandem with a number of other options being considered by the Department.

The Department acknowledges the need for a solution to the schools accommodation difficulties and is committed to working to achieve a satisfactory solution as soon as possible.