Written answers

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Department of Education and Skills

School Accommodation

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to ensure that a school (details supplied) can cater for the growing school going population in the area; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that school is currently oversubscribed and has no additional classrooms to cater for non-mainstream students; if her Department has made any provision for school expansion or special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54086/21]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question.

It is open to the school authority to make an application for additional accommodation through the 'Additional School Accommodation scheme (ASA)' which is available at www.gov.ie.

The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.

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