James Lawless
Question:119. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding land allocations for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50184/21]
View answerThursday, 14 October 2021
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My Department has published guidelines to assist in the identification and the assessment for suitability of new sites for schools where the procurement of a new site is required. The relevant guidelines are TGD-025 for Primary School site identification and TGD-027 for Post-Primary site identification. All technical guidelines are available on the www.gov.ie website at; www.gov.ie/en/publication/7e515-technical-guidance-documents/.
These guidelines are not intended to be prescriptive and cover a number of technical criteria to be taken into account when appraising the suitability and development potential of a site for a new school relative to other available options. Both documents refer to guidelines for green space provision. However, in higher density urban developments the optimum site area may not be available and green space guidelines are subject to space availability.