Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the length of time it will take for the Health Service Executive land in south Tipperary to be professionally valued as is necessary under the recommendations of the A Vision for Change policy; if this valuation is part of a national process; if it will be started as soon as possible; and if he has been working with the HSE to ensure that this process has been undertaken. [27425/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the Office of Public Works (OPW), which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, has been asked to source a suitable site for the school in question. My Department is advised that the Health Service Executive (HSE) have formally conveyed its approval to dispose of lands either to South Tipperary County Council or directly to the OPW. While negotiations between the OPW and the HSE are currently underway I am not in a position to say at this stage when the acquisition will be concluded.