Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2010
595 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding that has been made available for 2010 in respect of the construction of schools at Tyrellstown, Dublin 15; when the relevant school sites will be acquired; when these school projects will come on stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3274/10]
View answerThe Local Authority recently advised my officials that the negotiations with a land owner have concluded and they are now exchanging contracts to complete the sale of a site. My Department, as sought by the Local Authority, has arranged to provide the funding to the Council to enable the transaction to be concluded.
The Department has already commenced preliminary work on master-planning the site and other associated work and a building project will be progressed to deliver school accommodation for Tyrellstown as soon as possible.
596 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding that has been made available for 2010 in respect of the construction of schools at Kellystown, Dublin 15; when the relevant school sites will be acquired; when these school projects will come on stream; if a school (details supplied) will open at the new site in Kellystown in September 2010; if not the alternative target date. [3275/10]
View answer597 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated for the construction of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; when a contract will be signed for the acquisition of the site; when a planning application will be submitted; when construction will commence; when the school will be ready to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3276/10]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 596 and 597 together.
Fingal County Council has recently advised my Department that negotiations are continuing in relation to a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. The matter of submitting a planning application will be dependent on the successful completion of the site acquisition by the Local Authority. As the Deputy will appreciate, due to commercial sensitivities relating to site acquisition, I am not in a position to comment further at this time.
When the site has been acquired the progression of the building project on the site will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
