Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 24 April 2018, if there has been further progress with the site acquisition process; when a design team will be appointed to secure planning permission for the two new schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24832/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that my Department is in the process of acquiring a site to accommodate the schools to which the Deputy refers.

There are some outstanding clarifications required with regard to the site before matters can be progressed and, with a view to progressing the site acquisition, my Department has been in contact with the vendor requesting an update on these.

My Department is aware of the current temporary arrangements for the schools and, subject to no issues arising, will be appointing a design team to progress the project to architectural planning as soon as it is possible to do so.