Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the owner of the property on which a school (details supplied) is situated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15581/12]

Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way and when the property, upon which a school (details supplied) is situated, was acquired by its current owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15584/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together.

The Sisters of Mercy, as part of their response to the request from the Government and this House to the Congregations for further contributions by way of reparations following the publication of the Ryan Report, proposed to transfer the property to which the Deputy refers to Cáirde Coláiste Íde, a voluntary body.

My Department has not been made aware of whether this transfer has been effected and as the ownership of the property is a matter for those two private bodies and not for my department, I am not in a position to provide the information sought by the Deputy.