Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
1324. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress with regard to the development of the new proposed second level school at Kingswood Heights, Dublin 24; the actions she took regarding the recent difficulty with the planning application to South Dublin County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31933/15]
View answerPlanning Permission for the School Building Project to which the Deputy refers was lodged with the Planning Authority in August. The Design Team who submitted Planning Application were advised of some minor errors within the application by the Local Authority and were requested to address these.
The Design Team have since re-lodged an amended planning permission application and this has been accepted by the Local Authority.
The project is included in my Department's five year building programme to proceed to Tender and Construction in 2015/16. Patronage of the new school was granted to the ETB and the intended start-date for the schools first intake of pupils is the commencement of the school year 2016/17.
