Batt O'Keeffe
Question:152 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if she intends to provide funding for the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in Cork city in 1995. [6112/95]
Vol. 450 No. 8
152 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if she intends to provide funding for the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in Cork city in 1995. [6112/95]
In 1993, my Department approved a proposal made by City of Cork Vocational Education Committee for the establishment under its aegis of an all-Irish post-primary school to cater for pupils from the all-Irish primary schools in the southside of Cork city. Accordingly, Gaelcholáiste Deisceart Chorcaí opened on 1 September 1993. The school is currently located in a temporary premises in the centre of the city.
In accordance with standard practice the recognition of the school was given on a trial basis for a period of six years. The question of securing suitable temporary accommodation for the school during this period is primarily for the committee.