Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all primary schools; the primary schools that have a kitchen or a canteen; the primary schools that do not have a kitchen; and the primary schools that do not have a canteen, respectively, in tabular form. [52411/18]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new school build contracts include the provision of a kitchen and a canteen for students and teachers. [52412/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together.

I wish to advise the Deputy that a list of all primary schools nationwide is available on the Department's website  www.education.ie/Publications/Statistics/DataonIndividualSchools/LatestAvailablePrimary SchoolsLists.

I also wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not hold details of schools with canteen or kitchen facilities or those without such facilities.

My Department has in place detailed design guidelines for primary and post-primary schools. These guidelines, which are available on my Department's website, currently provide for a standard range of servery and eating facilities in the design of new and refurbished Primary and Post Primary schools. In Primary schools a servery of 8.0m² in area is provided. At Post Primary level a kitchenette, 25m² in area, is provided off the General Purpose/Dining Area. These facilities are not intended to be full commercial type canteens where food is prepared or cooked.