Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a prefab extension for a school (details supplied) due to an increase of student numbers and the fact that an inadequate general practitioners room is being used for teaching purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43206/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that an application was received in my Department, from the school referred to, for the provision of additional classroom accommodation.  The application has been assessed and the school authority advised that their application was not approved for funding.

My Department has established that the demographics in the area are stable and is satisfied that the schools in the area can, between them, cater for the demand for primary school places.  This may however sometimes lead to pupils not being offered a place in their school of first choice.