Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 821: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are proposals with her Department for the provision of a second level gaelscoil in north Kildare. [20998/07]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 859: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received requests for the provision of a second level gaelscoil in north Kildare; her response to such request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21151/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 821 and 859 together.

My Department has given careful consideration to an application for a second level all-Irish school for the North Kildare area and has decided that the application is premature and should not be granted. In arriving at this conclusion, account was taken of the establishment of Coláiste Cois Life, Lucan, under the aegis of Co. Dublin VEC to serve the needs of the west Dublin /north Kildare area, including Maynooth and Kilcock.

A multi-million Euro building project has recently been completed to provide Coláiste Cois Life with permanent accommodation to cater for a long term projected enrolment of 600 pupils. Transport arrangements to this school will continue to be available, as necessary, subject to the usual conditions for pupils from the North Kildare area.

The Department has agreed to keep the situation under review.