Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for these proposed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39740/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, a project to provide permanent accommodation for the new post primary school to serve Malahide/Portmarnock is included on my Department's Capital Programme.

Officials in my Department have been liaising with officials in Fingal County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable site for this school.  As with other site acquisitions in the area, due to the scarcity of suitable sites this process has proven to be quite challenging and in that context has taken some time to date.  However, I would like to assure the Deputy that all parties are working to progress matters as expeditiously as possible.

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for the proposed school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39741/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Officials from my Department have been working closely with Fingal County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites in order to identify and procure a suitable site for Swords Community College, a new post primary school to open in September 2018.

My Department is currently working to complete the acquisition of a site at Mooretown, Swords to accommodate this school and this process is at an advanced stage.  The school's patron, Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board, has been informed of the proposed location. The Design Team has been appointed and is currently progressing the design proposals in advance of pre-planning discussions with the planning authority.