Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabs currently in use by primary schools on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Approximately 900 schools were contacted in September 2007 and asked to complete a questionnaire regarding the stock of temporary accommodation in their schools. This information has now been collected and is currently being collated in my Department. The data received so far from schools has been entered into a database and shows the following information: The total number of prefabs being occupied by these primary and post-primary schools amounts to 2,450. A further 85 rental arrangements relate to the rental of buildings on a temporary basis, 35 are for rental of both buildings and land, while 55 relate to the rental of land only. Of the prefabs being occupied, the returns show that 1,745 were rented and 705 were declared to have been purchased.

The information sought by the Deputy on a county basis will be assembled and forwarded as soon as possible