A preferred site has been identified to meet the needs of the school referred to by the Deputy.
My Department has instructed the officials in Fingal County Council, under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites, to commence negotiations for the acquisition of this preferred site.
Once a site has been acquired the project will then progress to the architectural design and planning stages.
While a site acquisition process is underway, given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally, I am not in a position to comment further at this time.