Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her position in relation to the reserved site for the primary school at Anfield in Castleknock, Dublin 15; the size of the reserved site; if the site has been acquired by her Department; the primary school for which the site will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35734/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Department is working closely with Fingal County Council in relation to a number of sites to be acquired under the Fingal School Model Agreement for educational provision in the Dublin 15 area for 2008 and onwards.

Site acquisitions, including the one to which the Deputy refers, can be commercially sensitive and for this reason, my Department does not as a general rule provide specific details in advance of contracts been signed. Of course, once the contracts have been signed, this information can be released in the normal way.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the reserved school site at Tyrellstown in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15; if the site has been acquired by her Department or by the county council on behalf of her Department; when the development of two permanent primary schools at this site will take place (details supplied). [35735/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Acquisition of a 6 acre site for primary school provision in Tyrellstown is well advanced at contract stage.

The site is such that it should provide accommodation for up to two 24 classroom schools, each of which would have a 3 stream junior infant intake. This equates to a pupil intake of 162 junior infants per year.

The Department will be discussing the configuration and size of the schools with the two patron bodies concerned, Educate Together and the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.