Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 900: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to ensure that all children of primary school going age living in Tramore, County Waterford will be provided with a primary school place in the town when requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10472/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The future needs for primary school accommodation in the Tramore area are being assessed in the context of applications on hands for major capital funding from a number of schools. In common with all such applications, the Department carries out a detailed examination of the demographics of an area together with planned housing developments etc. to ensure that any planned capital investment will meet the needs of an area as a whole for the foreseeable future.

Progress on individual projects is then subject to the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects. Schools in rapidly developing areas are prioritised under these criteria.