Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to establish a permanent base for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2365/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The acquisition of a site for the school referred to by the Deputy is being considered in the context of the schools building and modernisation programme. The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of this programme, providing details of 122 major school building projects 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 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.