Thomas Gould
Question:37. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of the building of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [35258/21]
View answerThursday, 1 July 2021
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As the Deputy is aware a building project for the new Gaelscoil in question is included in my Department's current Building Programme.
Officials from my Department have been working closely with Cork City Council towards acquiring a permanent site for this school.
A potential site option has been identified and discussions are ongoing with the landowner with a view to acquiring this site. Once the site has been acquired the project will then progress to the architectural design & planning stages.
Due to the commercially sensitive nature of site acquisitions generally, it is not possible to comment further at this stage.
I appreciate that the process is taking a considerable length of time but I can assure you that the acquisition of a suitable site for the school is very active on the programme of site acquisitions and every effort is being made to secure the suitable site for the school as expeditiously as possible.