An application was received from Wandesford Church of Ireland national school, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, in May 2001. Following this application the planning section within the Department of Education and Science carried out an assessment of the staffing requirements of the school. It concluded that the school has a long-term accommodation need for staffing of a principal, two assistants and one shared remedial teacher. Subsequently, an architectural condition survey was carried out on the school by staff from the Department's building unit.