Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places will be provided at a school (details supplied) in view of the demand for first year places for the 2021/2022 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36409/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers opened in September 2019 to serve the Drogheda and Laytown school planning areas.  It is currently located in interim temporary accommodation at Colpe/Mill Road Drogheda pending delivery of its permanent accommodation. 

The school opened in 2019 with a two class intake (up to 48 pupils) as it was located then in a building in Laytown.  The school moved to its current location for September 2020 and my Department gave approval for the school to increase its intake to 3 classes (up to 72 pupils). 

The same level of intake will apply for September 2021.  Due to limitations on interim sites it is not always possible to provide for the level of intake that would normally be provided in a permanent school building.