Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the advice her Department gave Fingal County Council with respect to the need to reserve a site for a post primary school when her Department was consulted on the Phoenix Park Racecourse Area Action Plan in 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27189/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In 2001, the Department advised Fingal County Council that a reservation for a post primary school site was not required in the proposed Phoenix Park development.

This advice was based on information available at the time, including the extent of the proposed housing developments and the extent of existing educational provision. Taken into consideration also was the fact that, due to the greater mobility of post primary students, additional demand for post primary places could be met by schools in the wider area.

As they Deputy will be aware, due to on-going developments, there are plans to provide four new post primary school in Dublin 15. The areas concerned are Phibblestown, Hansfield (Strategic Development Zone), Tyrrelstown and Castleknock.