Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the formula used for assessing the need for schools and school places for the Hansfield SDZ in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21661/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In analysing the need for future educational provision in the Hansfield SDZ, the Department, using the 2006 Census figures, takes account of the of the average occupancy rate for Fingal and the national average of school going children as percentage of total population.

It was also assumed that demand for educational provision emerging in the area would be met within the Hansfield area as schools in the surrounding area are operating at maximum capacity at present. As the Deputy may be aware, the reserved site in Hansfield is governed by regulations attaching to the Hansfield SDZ. The schools in Hansfield will be delivered commensurate with the phasing arrangements in the SDZ in a similar manner as those for the Adamstown SDZ.