David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the resources to be made available to provide proper science laboratories and further upgrading to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; her further plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3028/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The extension and refurbishment project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which was revised following consultation with the Education partners. It is being considered in the context of the building programme.

The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 school building programme, which provided details of 122 major school building projects countrywide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005.

This announcement is the first in a series of announcements I plan to make in the coming period in 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.