Provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin

​To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for these proposed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
  
REPLY.


As the Deputy may be aware, the building project for the new post-primary school to serve Swords is included on my Department’s six year construction programme.  

My Department has worked closely with Fingal County Council in respect of this and conveyancing is currently underway in respect of a site for the permanent school accommodation.

Due to commercial sensitivities relating to site acquisitions generally I am unfortunately not in a position to provide further details regarding the permanent location at this time.  I can, however, assure the Deputy that the site acquisition process for this school is being advanced by my Department as a priority.

The school will open as scheduled in September 2017 in suitable interim accommodation pending completion of construction.