Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12261/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. Officials in my Department are currently liaising with the school authority regarding the application. Once the application has been assessed, the school authority will be contacted directly with a decision.

The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.