Written answers
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Department of Education and Skills
Schools Building Projects Data
John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new school building provisions for an area (details supplied); his plans for the provision for a post-primary school for the area; the status of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/17]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Two new 16 classroom primary schools for Citywest Educate Together National School and Citywest & Saggart Community National School (which opened in September 2012 in suitable interim accommodation at Fortunestown Lane, Citywest) are currently at advanced architectural planning stage. The site acquisition in respect of these schools is also at an advanced stage and on completion the school projects will proceed to tender.
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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection and my Department's own databases. With this information, my Department is currently carrying out nationwide demographic exercises at primary and post-primary level to determine where additional school accommodation is needed. It is anticipated that decisions based on these exercises will be announced later in 2017.
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