Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a college (details supplied) will be allocated a Roll Number and a dedicated premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/12]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The college referred to by the Deputy delivers Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses and is part of a second level school which is managed by County Meath Vocational Education Committee (VEC). I have no plans at this time to provide stand-alone status to this or any other PLC centre.

By way of background, generally PLC centres must have an approved allocation of at least 500 PLC places in order to be considered for stand-alone status. County Meath VEC's total allocation for the 2011/2012 academic year was 366 PLC places for their 3 PLC centres.

In addition, given the current budgetary constraints, the moratorium on public service appointments and the Employment Control Framework, it is not possible to provide the additional staffing (Principal, Deputy Principal etc.) that stand-alone status would entail.