John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in tabular form the number of planned new primary schools in Dublin that are due to open in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 by area; the number of extra places these schools will add to the current number of school places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11398/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy regarding details of the new primary schools due to open in 2017 and 2018 in Dublin is set out in the following table.

As the Deputy may be aware, my Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and my Department's own databases. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises at primary and post-primary level to determine where additional school accommodation is needed.

A range of areas nationwide are experiencing increased demographic pressure and will be kept under review by the Department. This review takes account of updated enrolment and child benefit data and also the impact of existing and planned capacity increases to existing schools in the area.

Once this review has been completed my Department will publish details of any new schools that may be established from 2019.