197 Deputy Charlie O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will order an immediate evaluation of the need for a second level school at Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24, where her Department has a vacant site; if she will note the view in the local community that such a school should be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15585/08]

There are no plans in my Department at present to provide a post-primary school on the site in question. The overall development of the site is kept under review in the light of the demographics of the general area and the availability of school places.

198 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 17 April 2008, the timescale involved in the consideration of this matter in the context of her Department’s multi-annual school building and modernisation programme. [15635/08]

The Department is exploring as an option the provision of a new building on the existing school site. The further progression of the acquisition of the site and the associated building project will be considered in the context of the Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. It is not possible at this stage to indicate when a new school building will be available.