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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

QUESTION NO. 1

 

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the provision of schools in the Firhouse area, providing details on meetings which have taken place, contacts made and any work which has been carried out since the beginning of September, and to make a statement on the matter?"

REPLY: 

Sites for two new primary schools are urgently required in Firhouse to provide permanent accommodation for schools in temporary accommodation. A S.183 disposal of a site at the junction of the Firhouse Rd./ Killinniny Road to the Department of Education and Skills (DES) which could accommodate one 16 classroom school, subject to planning permission, was deferred at the September Council meeting.

Subsequently the Planning Department and the DES met with representatives of national patrons and local management for both schools and outlined the work to date in trying to establish permanent sites for both schools. A report outlining the site identification and acquisition process for the new schools in Firhouse was finalised (see attached) and the Planning Department briefed representatives of the Community Centre, the Football Club and Elected Members at separate consecutive meetings on Tuesday 4th November.