At primary level, the position is that, in Kill, the need for a 16 classroom school has been identified. However, the current school site does not have the capacity to cater for 16 classrooms and appropriate ancillary accommodation. Accordingly, the Office of Public Works has been asked by my Department to locate a suitable site in Kill for a new school. Pending the delivery of permanent accommodation, temporary accommodation will be provided as necessary to cope with immediate needs.
At post-primary level, Kill forms part of the Naas catchment area. Following an evaluation of post-primary school requirements in the area, building projects were approved for all three schools in the centre. The current status of these building projects is that the extension and refurbishment programme at St. Mary's College has been completed, while the building programme for Meánscoil Iognáid Rís is in architectural planning. The need to extend and refurbish St. Patrick's post-primary school has been agreed in principle with the school's management authority, County Kildare Vocational Education Committee. Further information is awaited from the VEC before this project can be progressed.
A review of the accommodation requirements in St. Mary's College was requested by the school authorities and is currently being examined in my Department's planning section. The school will be advised of the outcome of this review in due course. It is envisaged that, when these projects are completed, there will be sufficient accommodation to meet future needs in Kill, at primary level and at post-primary level in the Naas catchment area.