Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has ever requested either the Office of Public Works or a local authority to use their compulsory purchase powers to acquire a site for a school; if so, the location, cost and date of the acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20293/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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As part of my Department's recent interaction with the local government sector in relation to site acquisitions, my Department has asked Meath County Council to consider using its CPO powers for the acquisition of land required for the completion of an education campus at Laytown, Co. Meath. I am advised that a formal response to same is awaited. My Department in communications, in April 2007 with Fingal County Council indicated that a reserved site at Annfield, Diswellstown, Dublin 15 should be acquired using their statutory powers if necessary. Due to commercial sensitivities it is not possible to provide costs associated with specific sites.