Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the purchase of land adjacent to a school, (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and the drafting of plans for development of the school. [16330/04]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The acquisition of a portion of land adjacent to the school in question is at an advanced stage. Negotiations have been completed and the matter is at conveyancing stage. A large-scale building project for the school is listed in section 8 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. It has been assigned a band 2 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large-scale projects. It is planned to progress this project to advanced architectural planning during 2004.

Indicative timescales have been included for large-scale projects proceeding to tender in 2004. The budget announcement regarding multi-annual capital envelopes will enable me to adopt a multi-annual framework for the school building programme, which in turn will give greater clarity regarding projects that are not progressing to tender in this year's programme, including the school in question. I will make a further announcement in that regard during the year.