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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

QUESTION NO.1

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

To ask the Chief Executive if the Council will make representations to the appropriate authority or authorities, to secure temporary onsite accommodation for Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School, in the locality preferably adjacent to the existing school, rather than in Citywest as is, I understand, currently proposed and further to ensure that an appropriate permanent site in the locality is established.

REPLY:

Further to correspondence received from Elected Members in December 2019 in relation to concerns raised about the location of temporary facilities for the Firhouse Educate Together Post Primary School (FETPPS) for the duration of construction of the permanent building at Ballycullen, the Land Use Planning & Transportation Department are actively working with Firhouse Educate Together Post Primary School (FETPPS) and several sections of the Department of Education and Skills (DES).

The DES outline that the acquisition of lands for the permanent school is progressing, however, the DES outline that the proposed site will not be of sufficient size to accommodate both the temporary accommodation and the construction of the permanent school building. In this context, the DES suggested to the FETPPS that temporary accommodation available in Citywest could be utilised by the school.

SDCC is working with the school and the DES to provide the DES with an alternative option for temporary facilities from September 2020 in the Firhouse area.