Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Education and Skills

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the location of the new Educate Together secondary school to serve the Stepaside/Ballinteer area, Dublin which is due to open in September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter?

Reply

I wish to advise the Deputy that a suitable permanent site for a new post primary school to serve the Ballinteer/ Stepaside area has been identified and the acquisition process is underway.

Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to provide further details at this time. I can, however, assure the Deputy that the acquisition of a new site for the school is a priority for my Department and that the patron body, Educate Together, will be
informed of the location for the school as soon as it is possible to do so.

Officials from my Department will be meeting shortly with representatives from the patron body to discuss arrangements to facilitate the commencement of the school in September 2016.