Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any concerns regarding the proposal in the Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan to facilitate improved walking and cycling access to schools (details supplied) from Waterside along the reservation indicated in the Plan. [33390/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Planning permission for the Secondary School to which the Deputy refers has been granted and phase 1 of the building is currently under construction.

It is anticipated that the school will occupy the building in late August. There is no building project underway or planned for the primary school to which the Deputy refers.

My Department will shortly be applying for a further planning permission to relocate ball courts on the secondary school site.

As part of this process, the Local Authority has requested the introduction of a pedestrian and cycle path through the school site. Once planning permission is granted and works commence the installation of the pathway through the school site will be undertaken.

Any works related to footpaths and cycle paths outside of the school site fall under the remit of the local authority and are not a matter for my Department. My Department currently has no specific concerns regarding the wider walking and cycling access developments but these will be discussed with the Local Authority in the normal pre-planning consultation process for the ballcourts.