Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 18 Feb 2003

Vol. 561 No. 4

Written Answers. - Schools Building Projects.

Pat Rabbitte

Ceist:

279 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of new primary schools established since 2000 in relation to the school building programme at primary level; the number of these which are in temporary or rented accommodation; the number of same broken down by school denomination; the number of schools in total which his Department deems to be in need of urgent replacement; the number of years it is estimated to take, at the current level of progress, to have the school building programme up to speed with current needs; and the number of years. [4491/03]

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey):

In total, 21 new primary schools have been established since 2000, comprising six Gaelscoileanna, ten Educate Together schools and five denominational schools. All of these schools are currently located in rented temporary accommodation.

Details with regard to the religious ethos of the schools concerned are contained in tabular form in the following Appendix ‘A'.

Appendix A

1. Gaelscoileanna

Year	Ethos	School
2000	Inter-denominational	Gaelscoil de Hide, c/o Club na mBanóglach, Mote Park, Roscommon
	Catholic	Gaelscoil Riabhach, Baile Locha Riach, Co. na Gaillimhe
2001	Catholic	Gaelscoil Cois Feabhaill, Bun an Phobail (Moville), Co. Donegal
	Catholic	Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh, Castletroy, Limerick
2002	Inter-denominational	Gaelscoil Mhoshíológ, Gorey, Co. Wexford
	Inter-denominational	Gaelscoil Nás na Ríogh, Naas, Co. Kildare

2. Educate Together

Year	Ethos	School
2000	Multi-denominational	Dublin 7 Educate Together NS, 11 Henrietta St., Dublin 1
2001	Multi-denominational	Le Chéile Educate Together NS, c/o Drogheda Grammar School, Mornington, Co. Louth
	Multi-denominational	Swords Multi-denominational NS, Swords, Co. Dublin
2002	Multi-denominational	Donabate-Portrane Educate Together NS, Donabate, Co. Dublin
	Multi-denominational	Griffeen Valley Educate Together NS, Lucan, Co. Dublin
	Multi-denominational	Waterford Educate Together NS, Waterford
	Multi-denominational	Navan Educate Together NS, Co. Meath
	Multi-denominational	Tralee Educate Together NS, Tralee, Co. Kerry
	Multi-denominational	Dublin North Central Educate Together NS, Killester, D5
	Multi-denominational	Ardee Educate Together NS, Ardee, Co. Louth (This school is the result of a transfer of Patronage from Church of Ireland school, St. Mary's NS, to Educate Together

3. Denominational

Year	Ethos	School
2000	Catholic	Frankfield NS, Frankfield, Co. Cork
2001	Catholic	Waterpark Junior College National School, Waterford City
	Muslim	North Dublin Muslim School Project, c/o St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, Navan Road, Co. Dublin
	Catholic	Mary Mother of Hope NS, Castaheany-Littlespace, Dublin 15
	Catholic	St. Patrick's NS, c/o Former St. Mochta's NS Building, Porterstown Rd., Clonsilla, Dublin 15

In regard to funding, my Department has over 400 primary schools buildings projects in architectural planning. In order to ensure the long-term planning of capital provision through a precise and detailed identification of accommodation needs in schools, my Department has undertaken, on a pilot basis, a comprehensive inventory of accommodation of 115 primary and post primary schools in County Kildare. The information gained from the survey has been placed on the geographic information system, GIS, database. My Department is currently undertaking a detailed assessment of the pilot phase of the inventory to determine the exact nature and extent of a nationwide survey having regard to available resources.

The budgetary allocation for 2004 and subsequent years will determine the rate of progress on projects that could not be included in this year's programme.