135. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if in the context of the provision of two new second level school buildings in Maynooth, County Kildare, it is expected that his Department and the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board will have full regard for the clearly expressed wishes in a democratic plebiscite of the parents of students attending Maynooth Post Primary School and the parents of the children attending the primary feeder schools in the area, regarding the format and ethos of the proposed new school structures in the form of a junior and senior cycle, multi-denominational post-primary school in two separate buildings on the site purchased by Kildare Vocational Education Committee at Moyglare, Maynooth, under the control of Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board, governed by a principal and board of management thereby continuing a seamless educational process for the area as already established; if cognisance is to be taken of the many well-attended public meetings attended by representatives of Maynooth post-primary school, the chief executive of the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board and large numbers of local parents at which this structure was agreed, a fact overlooked during a recent local radio interview by the chief executive of Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board; if it is recognised that the plebiscite result showed a majority of 75% in favour of the agreed proposal and that this remains the express wishes of the people of Maynooth and surrounding areas, as illustrated in the report by Dr. Gerry Jeffers of NUI Maynooth (details supplied); if he will use his good offices in view of this compelling evidence of the choice of the parents and educationalists of the area with a view to accepting the local preference in the interest of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55027/13]

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135. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if in the context of the provision of two new second level school buildings in Maynooth, County Kildare, it is expected that his Department and the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board will have full regard for the clearly expressed wishes in a democratic plebiscite of the parents of students attending Maynooth Post Primary School and the parents of the children attending the primary feeder schools in the area, regarding the format and ethos of the proposed new school structures in the form of a junior and senior cycle, multi-denominational post-primary school in two separate buildings on the site purchased by Kildare Vocational Education Committee at Moyglare, Maynooth, under the control of Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board, governed by a principal and board of management thereby continuing a seamless educational process for the area as already established; if cognisance is to be taken of the many well-attended public meetings attended by representatives of Maynooth post-primary school, the chief executive of the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board and large numbers of local parents at which this structure was agreed, a fact overlooked during a recent local radio interview by the chief executive of Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board; if it is recognised that the plebiscite result showed a majority of 75% in favour of the agreed proposal and that this remains the express wishes of the people of Maynooth and surrounding areas, as illustrated in the report by Dr. Gerry Jeffers of NUI Maynooth (details supplied); if he will use his good offices in view of this compelling evidence of the choice of the parents and educationalists of the area with a view to accepting the local preference in the interest of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55027/13]

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