Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2018
194. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been waiting for an engineer to inspect the proposed new site for the purpose of building a new school for over three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3184/18]
View answerA building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s current 6 year construction programme.
Officials from my Department have been working with Galway County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites in order to identify and procure a suitable site for the school. A number of potential site options have been identified and these are currently under consideration.
While the site acquisition process is underway, given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to comment further at this time.
