Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contact her Department had with the proposed school (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason this application has not proceeded; if she will be giving this application the go ahead to take pupils in September 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5425/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There is an open and transparent time bound process in place for the recognition of new primary schools. This annual process is administered by the New Schools Advisory Committee (NSAC) which is an independent body. The process commences with the lodgement of Notices of Intention to establish new schools from individual Patron Bodies followed thereafter by full formal applications. In the case in question, while a Notice of Intention to establish a new school was received, this was not followed up by the requisite formal application.