Schools may be built on NAMA lands

DEVELOPMENT lands taken over by NAMA could be used for dozens of schools in areas where sites have been difficult to acquire.

Department of Education officials met the chief executive and other representatives of the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) in July to outline a list of areas where they are anxious to acquire sites for future educational use.

More than 40 areas have been identified to the agency, mostly around greater Dublin and in urban areas where rising pupil numbers are expected to fuel demand for schools in the next five to 10 years.