Written answers

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Department of Education and Science

Site Acquisitions

10:00 am

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 633: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been spent on purchasing of land for the years 1980 to 2010 by her Department outlining in which constituency the money was spent in each year in tabular form. [29375/10]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, historically, it was church authorities rather than the State that acquired the vast majority of land for educational purposes. In the recent past, the Department relied primarily on the Office of Public Works (OPW) to source and acquire suitable lands for schools. More recently the Department has utilised a number of avenues to acquire land, including the VEC sector, Local Authorities, the OPW and direct negotiations by Department officials. The detailed historical information in the format sought by the Deputy is not readily available in the Department. However, the vast majority of expenditure on sites in recent years occurred in rapidly developing areas.

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