Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the opportunity of the recent sanctioning of a new primary school for Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, will be used to investigate the options for ensuring a one-site school for the existing primary school (details supplied). [17547/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that notification of decision to grant planning permission in respect of temporary accommodation for the new primary school in Newtownmountkennedy, which is due to open in September 2018, issued from Wicklow County Council on 3rd April 2019.

With regard to the existing primary school in Newtownmountkennedy, the school's building project is currently at Stage 2(b) of the architectural planning process. Planning permission has been secured and the process for securing fire and disability access certification is in train.

My Department will  continue to liaise with the school authority relating to the school's longer term accommodation needs.