Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the most likely accommodation for a school is the existing Maynooth post-primary school on the Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare, which will become vacant when the Maynooth education campus is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that following the most recent demographic exercises carried out by my Department, the new post-primary schools required to cater for increased demographic demand up to 2018 were announced in November 2015.  

As part of that announcement, and in view of the continued support for an independent Gaelcholáiste, it was confirmed that a Gaelcholáiste to serve the North Kildare area will open in 2019, subject to the continued viability of the Irish-medium Aonad at Maynooth Community College.

The Gaelcholáiste will operate under the patronage of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board with An Foras Pátrúnachta. 

My Department will continue to work closely with Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board and An Foras Pátrúnachta in relation to the establishment of the Gaelcholáiste.