Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
481. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Blackrock area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48872/14]
View answer482. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Booterstown area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48873/14]
View answer483. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Glasthule area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48874/14]
View answer484. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Foxrock area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48875/14]
View answer485. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Cabinteely area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48876/14]
View answer486. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected school enrolments for national schools in the Deansgrange area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48877/14]
View answer487. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's school building/classroom plans to facilitate for the growing number of primary school entrants aged four plus in the Blackrock area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48878/14]
View answer488. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's school building/classroom plans to facilitate for the growing number of primary school entrants aged four plus in the Booterstown area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48879/14]
View answer489. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's school building/classroom plans to facilitate for the growing number of primary school entrants aged four plus in the Glasthule area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48880/14]
View answer490. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's school building/classroom plans to facilitate for the growing number of primary school entrants aged four plus in the Foxrock area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48881/14]
View answer491. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's school building/classroom plans to facilitate for the growing number of primary school entrants aged four plus in the Cabinteely area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48882/14]
View answer492. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's school building/classroom plans to facilitate for the growing number of primary school entrants aged four plus in the Deansgrange area, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48883/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 481 to 492, inclusive, together.
My Department is currently analysing the latest demographic data on a nationwide basis to determine where additional school accommodation might be needed at primary level in the coming years. This process includes an examination of the Blackrock, Booterstown, Glasthule, Foxrock, Cabinteely and Deansgrange areas. When this exercise has been completed, arrangements will made to make additional accommodation available where it is needed. My Department has provided a total of 13 additional classrooms in primary schools in the Stillorgan, Mount Merrion, Booterstown and Dalkey area in 2013 and 2014. In addition, my Department has approved devolved grants to schools to provide 8 further classrooms in Booterstown, Dalkey, Foxrock and Glasthule. It is, of course, open to primary schools themselves in the areas in question to submit an application at any time to my Department for additional classrooms should their current accommodation be insufficient to cater for primary school entrants.
