Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 September 2023
231. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of sites acquired for second level education institutions aided by her Department since 2000, in tabular form, indicating in each case the total expenditure on the acquisition of the site, the total area of the site, and the year of acquisition; the location by Eircode, the roll number(s) of school(s) built therein, and the relevant school planning area. [40991/23]
View answerHaving reviewed the information to hand, since year 2000 to date, I can confirm that my Department has acquired 58 sites at a cost of circa €200m, to facilitate the delivery of second level education institutions.
All of the details requested by the Deputy are not readily available within a central repository in my Department. As the Deputy will appreciate, it would involve a very significant amount of administrative work to identify, retrieve from storage, and examine all relevant files in order to compile the information in question.
However, if there is any specific information the Deputy requires, officials in my Department will assist in providing it, while being mindful of the commercial sensitivities relating to the property market in which my Department continues to operate.
