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 |
