The details of national schools which amalgamated in the period 1992 to 1996 are contained in the following list which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
As I explained to the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 70 on Thursday, 30 January 1997 no specific budget is set aside to meet the cost of school amalgamations. Additional cost arising from amalgamation in respect of areas such as the provision of extra school accommodation or new transport services are met from the overall budgets provided for those areas of expenditure. Accordingly, the information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department and I cannot justify assigning scarce staff resources to its compilation.
Primary School Amalgamations 1992-1996