Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013
363. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the findings of the report following the pilot study of school accommodation in five areas as announced by his Department in June 2012. [35142/13]
View answerThe purpose of the pilot study undertaken by my Department was to develop an inventory of education infrastructure and related community assets in five areas in the country. The geographic areas included for the pilot study were Tuam, Navan, Clonmel, Portlaoise and part of Limerick City. The research information gathered from this pilot study was in a format compatible with current Department information systems, such as the Geographic Information System (GIS). This allows my Department to overlay the new information such as site maps, floor plans and other data on to its current GIS mapping system. It is the intention that this expanded inventory data will now be developed on an incremental basis at a national level.
