42 new schools to be opened in Ireland by 2022

Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton made the announcement on Friday morning.

A total of 42 new schools are to be opened across Ireland over the next four years, Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton has announced. With 26 of the schools opening at Primary level, a further 16 will be established at Post-Primary level. Bruton announced that "the requirement for new schools will be kept under on-going review and in particular would have regard to the impact of the increased rollout of housing provision to meet balanced regional development as outlined in Project Ireland 2040." The Department says it will continue to monitor areas where 'the accommodation of existing schools may need to be expanded in order to meet the needs of the local population' while revealing that 'approximately 40% of extra school places are delivered by extending existing schools'. It has also been announced that an online process for the patronage of those schools will be established, beginning this year for schools slated to open in 2019. In announcing the project, it was revealed that, 'A key determinant of the successful patron, is the preferences of parents of pre-school children in that area. Patronage processes for schools due to open in 2019 will take place this year. The Minister also announced today that a new online Patronage Process system is being developed. This new system will allow for more efficient collection and processing of parental preferences.' Minister Bruton added: "Since 2011, we have created 122,000 new and replacement school places. We are now creating more school places than at any other period in the history of the State. In 2010, some 9,000 school places were created. In 2017, we built approximately 18,800. “If we want to be the best in Europe, we need to make sure that we are planning for future need and providing state of the art facilities for future generations. "I am announcing these 26 new primary schools and 16 new post-primary schools today which, together with large-scale projects such as school extensions and projects under the Additional Accommodation Scheme, will serve to meet education needs over the next four years across the country."

Full details of the schools to be opened by 2022

Area - Primary school size - Completed by

1	Booterstown_Blackrock	8   classrooms	2019
2	Donaghmede_Howth_D13	16   classrooms	2019
3	Drumcondra_Marino_Dublin1	8   classrooms	2019
4	Dublin6_Clonskeagh   & Dublin_6W (Regional Solution)	16   classrooms	2019
5	Dunshaughlin	8   classrooms	2019
6	Glasheen_CorkCity/Pouladuff	8   classrooms	2019
7	Goatstown_Stillorgan_DLR	16   classrooms	2019
8	Kilcoole/Newtownmountkennedy	8   classrooms	2019
9	Killester_Raheny_Clontarf	8   classrooms	2019
10	Leixlip	8   classrooms	2019
11	Maynooth	8   classrooms	2019
12	Swords/South	8   classrooms	2019
13	Swords/North	8   classrooms	2019
14	Carrigaline	16   classrooms	2020
15	Donabate	16   classrooms	2020
16	Newcastle_Rathcoole/Saggart	8   classrooms	2020
17	Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/Cherrywood	16   classrooms	2020
18	Bray/Woodbrook   Shanganagh	8   classrooms	2021
19	Clondalkin_D22	8   classrooms	2021
20	Donaghmede_Howth_D13	16   classrooms	2021
21	Dublin2_Dublin4	16   classrooms	2021
22	Gurranbraher_CorkCity	8   classrooms	2021
23	Kilkenny/City,   Western Environs	16   classrooms	2021
24	Naas	8   classrooms	2021
25	Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/North	8   classrooms	2021
26	Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/Cherrywood	16   classrooms	2022

Area - Post-primary school size - Completed by

1	Donaghmede_Howth_D13/Belmayne/Clongriffin	1,000   pupils	2019
2	GalwayCity   & Oranmore (Regional Solution)	1,000   pupils	2019
3	Laytown   & Drogheda (Regional Solution)	600   pupils	2019
4	Wicklow	600   pupils	2019
5	Blanchardstown_West   D15 & BlanchardstownVge_D15 (Regional Solution)	800   pupils	2020
6	Goatstown_Stillorgan   DLR	800   pupils	2020
7	Enfield   (Kilcock school planning area)	500   pupils	2020
8	Citywest/Saggart   (Tallaght & Newcastle_Rathcoole school planning areas) (Regional   Solution)	1,000  pupils	2020
9	Dublin6_Clonskeagh   & Dublin_6W (Regional Solution)	1,000   pupils	2020
10	Ballincollig	600   pupils	2021
11	Booterstown_Blackrock   & Dunlaoghaire (Regional Solution)	1,000   pupils	2021
12	Donaghmede_Howth_D13/Baldoyle/Stapolin	800   pupils	2021
13	Dublin2_Dublin4	600   pupils	2021
14	Kilcoole   & Greystones (Regional Solution)	800   pupils	2021
15	Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/Cherrywood	600   pupils	2021
16	Drumcondra_Marino_Dublin1	1,000   pupils	2022