Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin where parents were informed by the then principal in 2004 that a new building would be ready to occupy in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7042/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has acknowledged the need to relocate the existing primary school referred to by the Deputy to a greenfield site. The acquisition of a site for this development is being actively pursued to enable this. When this matter has been finalised, progress on the proposed project can be considered under the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new primary school to be located adjacent to Termon Abbey and Aston Village, Drogheda, County Louth where a site has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7043/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department recently published a Draft Area Development Plan for north Dublin, East Meath and South Louth. The Draft Plan, which is available on the Department's website www.education.ie, covers the North Drogheda Environs which is the area to which the Deputy refers.

The Deputy will be aware that the Local Authority has published a North Drogheda Environs Master Plan. This proposes the construction of 7,500 additional houses up to year 2024. The projected population is 20,250 persons.

The Department's Draft Area Development Plan concludes that this will create a need for between 2,288 and 2,652 extra primary school places in the period up to 2024. This equates to between 92 and 106 extra class groupings. The Department has reserved 3 primary school sites to meet this need. The Draft Plan recommends that the sites should be developed commensurate with the delivery of housing developments. The timing of their development will require ongoing consultation with the Local authority.

The Commission on School Accommodation will now conduct a public consultation process on the Draft Plan. It has indicated that Oral hearings in this regard will commence on Monday 26th March. This process will culminate in a final Development Plan for the Area for implementation.