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School Accommodation.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2007

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Ceisteanna (493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500)

Pat Carey

Ceist:

556 Deputy Pat Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science her Department’s plans for identifying suitable premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for the school year 2007/08; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17373/07]

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Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

617 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans for adequate accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if she will report on her negotiations with Dublin City Council in respect of a site on Tolka Valley Road for this purpose; and the proposals in relation to same. [17679/07]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 617 together.

The Department is currently in negotiation around the possibility of acquiring a building in the area for the purposes of accommodating the school to which the Deputy refers. This process is complex involving as it does suitability assessment, valuations, price negotiations and attendant legal formalities.

The Department is keenly aware that the issues concerned are commercially sensitive and that it is not a foregone conclusion that the building can or will be acquired. It would be remiss of it to make any firm plans for the building or to create unrealistic expectations until it is absolutely clear that the acquisition can be made. In the circumstances, the Department will be in contact with the proposed users of the building at the appropriate time.

Pat Carey

Ceist:

557 Deputy Pat Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science her Department’s plans for re-locating a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to suitable premises for the school year 2007/08; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17374/07]

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Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

616 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the inadequate premises in which a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is operating; and her plans to provide alternative accommodation for it. [17678/07]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 616 together.

The Department is aware of the need to re-locate the facility to which the Deputy refers. In this regard, the Department is currently in negotiation with the local authority around the possibility of acquiring a site in the area for this purpose.

Pat Carey

Ceist:

558 Deputy Pat Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if discussions between her Department and a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 regarding the purchase of a school property for future educational use have been finalised; if not, when these discussions are expected to be brought to finality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17375/07]

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Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

615 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on negotiations between her Department and the authorities of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in respect of acquiring the school building and grounds; and her plans for the use of this property. [17677/07]

Amharc ar fhreagra

I propose to take Questions Nos. 558 and 615 together.

The Department is currently in negotiation around the possibility of acquiring the building to which the Deputies refers. This process is complex involving as it does suitability assessment, valuations, price negotiations and attendant legal formalities.

The Department is keenly aware that the issues concerned are commercially sensitive and that it is not a foregone conclusion that the building can or will be acquired. It would be remiss of it to make any firm plans for the building or to create unrealistic expectations until it is absolutely clear that the acquisition can be made. In the circumstances, the Department will be in contact with the proposed users of the building at the appropriate time.

Pat Carey

Ceist:

559 Deputy Pat Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that suitable premises will be ready for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for September 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17376/07]

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Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

612 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science the details of the undertaking given by her Department to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in respect of funding for temporary accommodation and a permanent school building; the timescale agreed in both cases; and if she will make a statement on the reason for her Department abandoning the original plan for the school to move into the campus of another school. [17674/07]

Amharc ar fhreagra

I propose to take Questions Nos. 559 and 612 together.

The Department is committed to putting a suitable accommodation solution in place for the school referred to by the Deputies for next September. This is being achieved by the placement of temporary accommodation on a site on the Oscar Traynor Road. To allow for any unforeseen difficulties with this measure, the Department has advised the school authority to extend its current lease on a short term basis.

Once the school's September needs have been addressed and the conveyancing procedures for the site have been completed, the Department will be moving to provide permanent accommodation on the site for the school. The Department has always een committed to providing a suitable accommodation solution for the school in question by September 2007. When it became clear that this would not be achievable by pursuing the amalgamation option, it was decided to pursue the alternative now being actioned.

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