Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Kildare that have no permanent site for which his Department is responsible for providing a permanent site. [16569/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the need for a school site can arise as a result of the establishment of a new school to meet demographic need or where an existing school site is no longer capable of meeting the school’s needs.  The latter is the position in the case of St Pauls’ Secondary School in Monasterevin and in the case of St Raphael’s Special School in Celbridge.  My Department is currently working to provide a permanent site for these schools.  

Two schools established in recent times in Celbridge, Co. Kildare in order to meet demographic need are both in interim accommodation.  They are Celbridge Community School and St. Patrick’s National School in Celbridge. My  Department is responsible also for providing a site for these schools .

Three new primary schools are due to be established in Co. Kildare: Maynooth and Leixlip in 2019 and Naas in 2021.  My Department is responsible for providing a permanent site for these schools also.

Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Laois that have no permanent site for which his Department is responsible for providing a permanent site. [16570/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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In regard to site acquisitions in County Laois I can confirm my Department has current responsibility for the acquisition of one permanent school site: that for Dunamase College, Portlaoise.  This school was established to meet a demographic requirement in the town and has opened in interim accommodation.

A potential permanent site option for the school has been identified and negotiations with the landowner are at a very advanced stage.