Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he would not grant developing school status to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22519/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, a Developing Areas Unit has been established in the Department of Education and Science to focus on the school accommodation needs of rapidly developing areas including Dublin 15, where the school to which he refers is located. The process of assessing the need for new or additional educational facilities at primary level in any given area entails consideration of all relevant factors, including enrolment and demographic trends, housing developments and the capacity of existing schools to meet the demand for places.

My Department is satisfied that the approach which it is now taking to the identification and delivery of extra school places in rapidly developing areas will help to ensure that those places will be provided when and where they are needed. Delivery of all building projects will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.