Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of efforts by the Office of Public Works to identify and acquire a new site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [8982/09]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on efforts to secure a new site and building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [8983/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 466 together.

The Department wrote to South Dublin County Council attaching correspondence it had received from the OPW regarding one of the sites in question. The Local Authority has responded indicating its views in relation to a proposed location and this is now under consideration. Due to the commercial sensitivities attaching to site acquisitions generally, the Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position to comment on the details of the matter until such a time as the acquisitions have been completed.

The further progression of the acquisition of the site will be considered in the context of the capital budget available to the Department for school buildings generally. In light of the many competing demands on the capital budget, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the acquisition of the school site at this time.