Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature and terms of arrangements or agreements with each of the three schools occupying a site (details supplied). [49215/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, my Department recently completed the purchase of the campus to which the Deputy refers.  The primary school on the site closed at the end of the 2016/17 academic year and the post-primary school will wind down and close at the end of the 2018/19 academic year.  As part of the agreement of sale, it was agreed that the post-primary school will continue to operate until June 2019 to ensure the orderly wind-down of the school and a licence agreement is in place with Notre Dame Schools Trust Limited in this regard.

The campus is also being utilised to facilitate the permanent accommodation for Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige and the temporary accommodation for Ballinteer ETNS, pending resolution of the planning issues at its permanent site.  Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige and Ballinteer ETNS are both located on the campus in a shared accomodation arrangement with the post-primary school since September 2017 based on agreed arrangements between the three schools.