Mary Wallace
Ceist:355 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Education the present position with regard to the extension of Ratoath national school, County Meath.
Written Answers. - Ratoath (Meath) School.
Mary Wallace
Ceist:356 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning developments in Ratoath Parish, County Meath, of 250 new houses will add to the existing pressure of space and demand for the proposed extension to Ratoath national school; and if she will have arrangements made to review the project with a view to expediting the building of this extension to the school in view of these developments.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 355 and 356 together.
A proposal to build an extension to Ratoath national school in 1987 did not proceed due to the changed financial situation at the time. The Chairman of the Board of Management has reactivated the proposal to build the extension and my Department has put in train the process of examining the case in the context of the existing accommodation in the catchment area and having regard to the enrolments at the school for the foreseeable future.