Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will identify the 12 post-primary schools mentioned by her Departmental staff at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science (details supplied); the ethos and gender intake of each school, using Tyrconnell Park as a starting point; the actual distance on foot and estimated journey time for each school; the actual route by public transport; the estimated journey time for same; and if each route requires crossing one or more arterial roads.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46272/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will appreciate that using different locations on a map as a centre-point will give differing outcomes in terms of schools within a certain radius. Using Tyrconnell Park, there are 10 post primary schools within a 3km direct-line radius. All of these schools are within a 4km driving distance from that same point. They, with their ethos and gender intake, are listed in the table below. The application used by my Department does not produce public transport routes nor analysis of road type. However, a map of the area which shows post primary schools identified by Roll Number and colour-coded by ethos, is attached.

Information on public transport, including a useful Journey Planner, is available on the Transport for Irelandwebsite, www.transportforireland.ie

Journey times are readily available online on widely-used mapping services. For the Deputy’s convenience they are included below, estimated for a 9am weekday arrival time.