James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26021/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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While the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to the Department for capital funding for ancillary accommodation, it has not applied for extra classroom accommodation. It is open to the school to revise its application in this regard. There is no doubt that additional post primary places will be needed in the coming years in the area concerned and the Department is already taking action under the Fingal School Model process to ensure that these will be delivered commensurate with the need. In the meantime, the Department is satisfied that, between them, the four existing post primary schools have adequate provision to cater for current demand.