Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2015
592. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a new school proposed (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36331/15]
View answerIn February of this year I announced that a new primary school would be opening in September 2016 for the Drumcondra/Marino/Dublin 1 area.
My Department runs an open patronage determination process to decide who will operate the schools. I plan to announce a patronage determination process for the new primary schools commencing operation in 2016 before the end of this year or early next year. It will be open to all patrons and prospective patrons to apply under this process. In applying for patronage, the patrons must provide evidence of parental demand from within the area for the type of school proposed and this will be considered by my Department in awarding patronage.
Details of the criteria for the establishment of new schools is available on my Department's website at http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Information/Establishing-a-New-School.
In the meantime and in tandem with that process, officials from my Department are working to identify and secure suitable accommodation for the school.
