Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a roll number will be assigned to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15490/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the facility to which the Deputy refers provides a private service.

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department identifies the requirement to establish new schools based on demographic requirements. Once it has been established from the demographic analyses that a new school, primary or post-primary, is required to meet the demographic need in a school planning area, a separate process is conducted to establish who will run the school. Under this process, the Department identifies the requirement for a new school in an area, the requirement is publicised and applications are invited from prospective patron bodies. It is open to all patron bodies and prospective patrons, to apply for patronage of a new school under the patronage process. A patron body must also satisfy the Department’s requirements for establishing a new school set out in the document "New Arrangements for Patronage of New Schools” which may be accessed on my Department’s website. When the patronage has been announced and the school is established, a roll number is assigned to the school subsequently by my Department.