Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the context of the new lease arrangements between his Department and the trustees of a school (details supplied) in County Galway he will appoint a new board of management in response to the new trustees; if the school will be coeducational from the start of the new school year in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/09]

Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will consult with and involve the partners in education in the development and continuation of education at second level following the proposed lease of a school (details supplied) in County Galway from the current trustees to his Department; his views on the intake of first year boys in September 2009; if he will make provision for the necessary minor alteration for such change in the event that the trustees agree to the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25102/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 510 and 536 together.

The school to which the Deputy refers will be closing in 2012 and the intention is to establish a new post primary school in the same premises. The trustees have agreed, in principle, to enter into a lease arrangement with my Department for the existing building and site to facilitate this. Officials recently met with the Trustees and their legal advisers to discuss the terms and conditions of the lease. These discussions are on-going with a view to concluding these matters as soon as possible. The issue of Patronage of the new school will be dealt with in due course by my Department. Pending the establishment of the new school, the school will continue to operate under its existing management and admissions model.