I received a letter from the Minister for Education and Science two weeks ago in which he stated that, for financial reasons, the Department would not be in a position to start architectural planning for a major building project at Scoil Croí Íosa in the foreseeable future. Allowing for financial constraints, one would imagine that at least the architectural planning would be allowed to go ahead. However, it will be light years before this becomes a reality because to move from approval for planning through the five relevant stages is a process that takes years.