Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason 400 pupils are being educated in a prefabricated school (details supplied) in County Dublin and, less than 200 metres away, a new school is being planned and built as a result of his non-patronage enquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17452/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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As the Deputy will be aware, there are two schools on this site, a Junior School and a Senior School. Both schools have temporary accommodation in addition to their permanent structures and have applied to the Department for replacement permanent buildings.

The next step to progressing a building project for the schools involves the appointment of a design team and the commencement of the architectural planning process. School building projects such as this one that are not included in the 5 year construction programme will continue to be progressed to final planning stages in anticipation of further funds being available to the Department in the future.

The reason my Department has decided to build a new primary school close to the schools in question is to meet an identified demographic need in the area. The school is due to open in temporary accommodation in September 2013.