P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will sanction the request of a school board to sell the defunct old national school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13225/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Board of Management of the school referred to by the Deputy has made a request to my Department for permission to dispose of an old school building by way of public sale.

The Deputy may wish to note that normally when a request is received to release my interest in a property, one of the first of several actions required is for my officials to request from the local school Inspector a report outlining the envisaged need for any future educational use for the property. This report has been received in the Planning and Building Unit of the Department. I can assure the Deputy that my Department will expedite the request as soon as possible.