Eamon Gilmore
Question:66 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Education the number of national schools closed each year for the past five years; and the amount returned to the State on the sale of such buildings for each of these years.
Written Answers. - National School Closures.
The information requested on school closures is as follows:
Number of National Schools Closed in the period 1988-92.
|
Year |
Closed |
Closed to form Amalgamation |
Total |
|
1988 |
13 |
24 |
37 |
|
1989 |
3 |
18 |
21 |
|
1990 |
6 |
12 |
18 |
|
1991 |
2 |
25 |
27 |
|
1992 |
5 |
16 |
21 |
|
(to 13/10) |
Most closures result in an amalgamation of two or more schools. In many such cases some or all of the existing school buildings will continue in use.
It is not possible in the time available to assemble the data on the receipts by the State from the disposal of the Minister's residual interest in former national school premises over the past five years but I will arrange to have the information forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. As the Deputy is aware, the sites of national schools generally are not the property of the State and the return to the State on the sale of former national school premises would be related to the unexpired value of any capital grants given in respect of construction and/or improvement, in accordance with the standard lease.