Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the need for an indoor physical exercise facility at Ballycragh national school in Tallaght, where the number of children enrolling is rising continually; and if funding will be made available to provide such a facility. [16169/04]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when provision will be made for a school hall and physical education area for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16361/04]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 187 together.

A large-scale building project for the school in question, which includes provision for a physical education hall, is listed in section 9 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. This project is at the early stages of architectural planning and 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 the next stage of architectural planning during 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. I will make a further announcement in that regard during the year.