Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of developments to address the shortage of primary school places in areas (details supplied). [49258/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, demographic exercises carried out by my Department led to the announcement of a new 8 classroom primary school to open in Swords South in September 2019 as well as 41 other new schools to open nationwide over the next four years.  This new primary school in Swords South is intended to meet the primary school place requirement emerging in the areas to which she refers.

An Online Patronage Process System (OPPS) for this school will be opened soon. The OPPS has been developed by my Department to provide objective information to all parents which will allow them to make an informed choice about their preferred model of patronage for their child’s education in the new schools.

The new Swords South primary school will open in suitable interim accommodation in September 2019 and potential options in that regard are currently being considered.  Work is also underway in respect of the identification and acquisition of a site to facilitate the delivery of the school’s permanent accommodation.