Colm Brophy
Question:688. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the build programme for a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6638/16]
View answerThursday, 14 April 2016
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I wish to advise the Deputy that in April 2015, my Department approved grant aid of over €97,000 to the school in question under the Summer Works Scheme for window replacement. This is in addition to grant aid of over €635,000 provided to the school in recent years for additional accommodation, prefab replacement and roof works.
My Department's current priority is focused on providing essential classroom accommodation to meet demographic demand and where an additional teacher is being appointed, to ensure that every child will have access to a physical school place. In this regard, a new primary school was opened in Ballinteer in September 2012 to meet demographic need. When fully developed, this school will have capacity for 16 mainstream classrooms. The accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy can only be considered in the context of the competing priorities outlined above.