Vol. 405 No. 4
118 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the effect the decision to have a six-year cycle will have on her statement of 13 February 1990 in reply to a parliamentary question from Deputy Austin Currie, that there is adequate accommodation in post-primary schools in areas adjoining and accessible to the Castleknock area, Dublin 15 to serve the needs of the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
119 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Education whether, in view of the fact that (a) parents and teachers are experiencing difficulties in placing children in suitable post-primary schools in areas adjoining and accessible to the Castleknock area, Dublin 15, (b) that Scoil Thomáis, Laurel Lodge has a particular problem of providing post-primary education for boys, and (c) with the building of new housing in the Carpenterstown-Porterstown areas the problem will intensify, she will now reconsider her decision not to proceed with the construction of a post-primary school in the Castleknock area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together.
The decision to defer the provision of a post-primary school for the Castleknock-Laurel Lodge-Carpenterstown area was taken because of the significant number of surplus pupil places in post-primary schools in the surrounding area.
Because of on-going housing developments in the area, my Department have kept the position under annual review to take account of all relevant factors.
