Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new second level school for Lusk, County Dublin will be delivered in its entirety or in phases; and if in phases, the phases that will be delivered initially in terms of number of classes and specialist facilities. [41024/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The new second level school for Lusk is one of 20 new schools, announced by the Minister in June 2011, to be established in the next 6 years. It will be a post primary school for 1000 pupils and it is anticipated that the first intake of pupils will be in September 2013.

The construction of the new school will be delivered in phases. It is intended to deliver the first phase by September 2013. This phase of accommodation will be capable of catering for a minimum of 350 pupils and comprise of circa 2,400m2. Along with general classroom accommodation, phase one will include specialist accommodation such as music/drama area, business/computer room, science laboratory, art/craft room, home economics, technical graphics and construction studies/engineering/technology rooms.