Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application by a school (details supplied); and if funding can be expedited to meet the vastly expanded demand for school places in the area. [16629/04]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The large-scale building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is listed in section 8 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. This project is at stage 3, developed sketch scheme, of architectural planning. 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.