Here's where the country's 42 new schools are to be built

A process will be run in all of the new schools with parents to decide the patronage, with an online system to do that under development.

Parents in a particular area will get to have a say in what the patronage of the school is, as part of the Minister's bid to end the baptism barrier.

However, the Irish Times reports this morning that more than 500 applications for major refurbishments in schools across the country have been put on hold.

The Department says it plans to continue to monitor areas where existing schools need expanding, saying 40% of new school places will come through extensions.

Here is the full list:

Primary schools to be established over the next 4 years (2019 to 2022):

Post-primary schools to be established over the next 4 years (2019 to 2022):

The new primary school already announced to open in 2018 is as follows:

The new post-primary schools already announced to open in 2018 are as follows:

- Digital Desk