Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the long promised gym for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and the reason she has made no provision for this long promised facility in the recent capital funding announcements. [2037/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The large-scale project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners.

Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the school building programme and the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 programme that provided details of 122 major school building projects country wide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005.

This is the first in a series of announcements I plan to make in the coming period in relation to the schools building and modernisation programme that will include details of schools identified as suitable for construction under public private partnerships; an expansion of the number of schools that will be invited to deliver their building projects on the basis of devolved funding; details of schools with projects approved under the 2005 summer works scheme; schools whose projects will further progress through the design process; and schools that will be authorised to commence architectural planning.