Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 22 May 2008, the other secondary schools in north County Kildare who offer the option of secondary education through Irish. [28510/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 22 May 2008, in which I stated that two all-Irish schools currently serve the needs of County Kildare at post primary level. I identified the two schools as Coláiste Cois Life in Lucan and Gaelcholaiste Chill Dara in Newbridge.

A multi-million Euro building project was recently completed to provide Coláiste Cois Life with permanent accommodation to cater for a long term projected enrolment of 600 pupils, to include pupils from the north Kildare area.

Transport arrangements to this school for those pupils will continue to be available, as necessary, subject to the usual conditions.

In the recent past, my Department gave careful consideration to an application for a further all-Irish post primary school for the North Kildare area and decided that the application was premature and should not be granted. In arriving at this conclusion, account was taken of the establishment of Coláiste Cois Life under the aegis of Co. Dublin VEC to serve the needs of the west Dublin/north Kildare area. My Department will keep this situation under review.