Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Kildare which have prefabs on site. [23882/18]

Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Kildare which have more than one prefab. [23883/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together.

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not hold information in relation to the number of schools in County Kildare that have prefabs on their school sites, as the school authorities may have provided prefabs from their own funds. However, I am in a position to advise the Deputy that my Department is providing grant to 17 schools in County Kildare for rental of temporary accommodation.  Of these 17 schools, 13 schools have more than 1 prefab rented.

In general, prefabs are necessary where a school is allocated an extra teacher, but does not have the physical accommodation to facilitate the allocation. In the last 2 years, 5,000 extra teachers have been hired across the country.