Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent)
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503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the ongoing issue of a lack of school places for primary schools in Dublin South, where the demand for new entrants into primary schools exceeds the supply of school places available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5634/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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On Thursday the 5th of February last I announced that seven new primary schools are to be established in the next two years. One of the new schools to be established in 2016, is in the Goatstown/Stillorgan area. A patronage determination process for this school will be run later this year.

Since 2012, three new schools have opened in Dublin South. Ballinteer Educate National School and Stepaside Educate Together National School commenced operation in September 2012 and Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua commenced in September 2013. These three schools between them will cater for just over 1,500 pupils when fully developed.

Additional classroom accommodation has been provided in the last two years at three primary schools in the area: St Raphaelas NS, Stillorgan received 4 classrooms, SN Cnoc Ainbhil, Mount Anville received 2 classrooms and Scoil Caoimhin Naofa, Stillorgan received 3 classrooms.

In additional Garran Mhuire NS, Goatstown received funding for a new 16 classroom replacement school which was completed in 2014.