Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with reference to her press statement of 17 February, 2007 announcing her plans to establish a school (details supplied), she will release a new statement confirming that she no longer intends to establish the new pilot school in Diswellstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27194/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In February of this year I announced my intention to proceed with a pilot project involving a new additional model of primary school patronage in Diswellstown, Co. Dublin. While the exact location of the new school in Diswellstown has yet to be finalised, there are two potential sites being considered and my Department has asked Fingal County Council to expedite this process as a matter of urgency.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with reference to her press statement of 17 February 2007 announcing her plans to establish a school (details supplied), it is her position that no other VEC primary schools will be recognised until the initial pilot school is evaluated. [27195/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Pending the completion of the consultation process and the evaluation of the pilot community primary school project, I decided as a matter of policy that no vocational education committee (with the exception of the aforementioned pilot community primary school project) should act as a patron in respect of a primary school or otherwise, establish or maintain a primary school until further notice. I therefore directed all Vocational Education Committees not to establish or maintain a primary school and not to seek recognition of a primary school or recognition as a Patron until further notice or direction.