Tyrrelstown to get community centre but only one new school

The Department of Education has sought planning permission for a Community Centre and a three storey, 24 classroom, National School for Tyrrelstown Educate Together. The local Mulhuddart National School was expected to be included in the application but a separate application was submitted to provide for seven new prefabs at their temporary site on the Powerstown road. 

  

The expectation was that the two schools would be built together on the one site and that they would share the community facility.

Residents will want to know why the Department is not proceeding with both schools and on what basis has one school been chosen over the other. This could potentially become a divisive issue in the community and that’s the last thing Tyrrelstown needs right now. There are obviously no plans to proceed with building the Mulhuddart School for many years to come.

This is yet another chapter in the long saga of the Tyrrelstown Schools and Community Centre. In March 2007, just before the last general election, local TD Brian Lenihan issued a letter promising that the schools would be built and operating by that September. Since then, one promise after another has been broken by Fianna Fail and the Greens.

After years of wrangling the sites were finally acquired by the council in February. They were transferred to the Department of Education in record time so that building work could get underway to have both schools opened for this year. Having to wait another year is bad enough but for only one school is even more disappointing.

The new school will include a special needs unit, Teachers room, Library, Multi Purpose spaces and ancillary accommodation which is linked to a shared community facility comprising of a general purpose hall, changing facilities, store, meeting rooms and ancillary accommodation. The new building will have a total floor area of some 6059 m. sq.  

The school will be accessed beside the Lidl Supermarket and will have 96 car parking spaces  as well as set down and turning areas.  There will be three new ballcourts, a safe play area adjacent to the special needs unit and landscaped garden areas.

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FW10A/0137	26-Aug-2010	Permission
	Applicant:	The Minister of Education and Skills
	Location:	Tyrrelstown Educate Together, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15
	Proposed Development:	Permission for a new school at Tyrellstown.  The main school building is 3 storeys and comprises of 24 classrooms with a special needs unit, Teachers room, Library, Multi Purpose spaces and ancillary accommodation which is linked to a shared community facility comprising of a general purpose hall, changing facilities, store, meeting rooms and ancillary accommodation.  The new building will have a total floor area of C. 6059 m. sq.  Proposed site works to include provision for 96 No. car parking spaces with access from public road via new vehicular entrance including set down and turning space, 2 No. bicycle racks, formation of 3 No. new ballcourts, safe play area adjacent to SNU, landscaped garden areas, ESB sub-station and boundary treatment.

FW10A/0127

GRANT PERMISSION

Decision Date:   27-Aug-2010 Applicant:  B.O.M. Mulhuddart National School Location:   Mulhuddart National School, Powerstown Road, Tyrrellstown, Dublin 15 Proposed Development:  The development will consist of: A Temporary Single Storey Building of a Total Floor Area of 320m² comprising of 4 no. Classrooms, 2 no. Resource Rooms and Toilet Accommodation and Associated Siteworks.