Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 April 2005

8:00 pm

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

As I stated, funding for school building and renovation projects has increased fivefold since 1997. In 2005, €493 million will be spent on school building projects, compared to just €92 million in 1997. Nearly 1,200 schools will benefit from the announcements I have made so far this year with regard to the school buildings and modernisation programme. The list of projects approved to date includes 122 large-scale projects approved to go to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months, of which 89 are primary school projects and 33 are post-primary school projects; a total of 97 primary schools approved for devolved funding under the small schools initiative; a total of 43 major projects authorised to enter design phase; a total of 590 schools which will have renovation and other works carried out this summer under the summer works scheme; a total of 124 schools which have been given the go-ahead to move through architectural planning; a total of 74 schools which have been approved for devolved funding to enable them to deliver additional classroom accommodation; another 20 schools which will be provided with prefabricated accommodation; and 120 which have been authorised to rent premises.

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