I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 245 together.
Over the remainder of this school year a new school planning model involving published draft area development plans will be piloted in five areas. Included in the pilot scheme is the area around the N4 from Leixlip through Kilcock, Enfield, Longwood, Kinnegad and Rochfortbridge to Kilbeggan.
The purpose of this new approach to school planning is to ensure that, in future, the provision of school infrastructure will be decided only after a transparent consultation process. In this regard, parents, trustees, sponsors of prospective new schools and all interested parties in the locality will have the opportunity to have their voices heard in the process.
Following the consultation process, individual plans will set out the blueprint for schools' development in an area covering a period of up to ten years. The draft area development plan for the N4 will include the schools referred to by the Deputy.