I propose to take Questions Nos. 869 to 871, inclusive, together.
The Food and Veterinary Office, FVO, was located originally in Blackrock. It subsequently moved to Clonskeagh and will move to its permanent location in Grange, County Meath, early in 2002.
The educational facilities for children of FVO staff is a matter of ongoing discussions between officials of the FVO and my Department. Arising from these discussions it has been agreed that international annexes would be established in two locations, one in the south Dublin area and the other adjacent to Grange or its environs.
A working party consisting of the Association of the Personnel of the Food and Veterinary Office and the Department of Education and Science is currently examining all aspects of the establishment of the international annexes. Final decisions will be taken when all the implications have been clarified.
Children of the countries of the European Union whose parents live and work here on a temporary basis tend to attend schools adjacent to their Irish domicile. In the Dublin area, German and French nationals tend to favour St. Kilian's German School, Clonskeagh, and the Lycee Franco-Irlandais, in Foxrock, County Dublin.