Written answers
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Department of Education and Skills
School Accommodation
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce a permanent location for the new secondary school for the Blanchardstown village and the Blanchardstown west planning area; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in providing clarity on the permanent location is causing difficulties for enrolment in view of the fact parents are unsure as to the location it will be finally based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7755/20]
Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, included in the Government announcement in April 2018 for plans to the establish 42 new schools over the four years from 2019 to 2022 was a new post-primary school to be established in 2020 to serve the Blanchardstown_West_D15 and BlanchardstownVge_D15 school planning areas as a regional solution.
The patronage process for this new school is complete and patronage was awarded to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) in December 2019.
In line with the policy on the use of State assets (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circulars 11/15 and 17/16) the Department are seeking to maximize the use of sites already in its ownership and of available properties in the ownership of other State bodies, where these are considered suitable.
Identified site options are currently being considered including potential campus solutions on existing post-primary school sites. The suitability of these site options are currently being technically assessed by our Professional & Technical staff. It is expected that this process will be complete in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately, due to certain sensitivities I am not in a position to indicate their location at this time, however, the proposed location for the school will be made known as soon as it is possible to do so.
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