Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on his efforts to secure a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21236/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The OPW has been recently instructed to recommence negotiations up to contract stage for a site for the school. Due to 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. The acquisition of the site will then be considered in the context of the capital budget available to my Department for school buildings generally.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the response he has received from South Dublin County Council on the feasibility of additional lands to be included in the Liffey Valley special area amenity order; the status of proposal to extend the SAAO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21237/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department has sought and received clarification from South Dublin County Council in relation to prospective lands for a site for a school in the Lucan area. The Local Authority has confirmed that the site is not situated within the Liffey Valley Special Area Amenity Area Order (SAAO) boundary. The question of extending the SAAO is not a matter for my Department.