Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4461/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for temporary accommodation to facilitate increasing enrolments has been received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers. All applications for temporary accommodation for the 2005-06 school year are currently being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish a list of the successful applicants shortly.

The school referred to by the Deputy has also an application with my Department for a major capital project. Progress on this application is being considered in the context of the schools building programme. In this regard, the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 schools 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 regarding 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.

Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4462/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for temporary accommodation to facilitate increasing enrolments has been received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers. All applications for temporary accommodation for the 2005-06 school year are currently being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish a list of the successful applicants shortly. The school referred to by the Deputy has also an application with my Department for a major capital project. Progress on this application is being considered in the context of the school building programme.

In this regard, the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 schools 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 regarding 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.