Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Limerick has not been included in the list of primary schools scheduled for extensions or renovations and gone to architectural stage, despite the fact that schools in a similar category have received approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9123/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The application from the school referred to is at an early stage of architectural planning. The project was reassessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria which were revised following consultation with the education partners last year. The reassessment resulted in the project being prioritised as a band 3, rather than a band 4 project as had been assigned under the 2004 school building programme. The project will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-09.

The introduction of a multi-annual capital envelope allows for the continuous roll-out of projects under the building and modernisation programme. The school planning and building unit of my Department continues to work to progress more schools through the programme in a planned way in order that we can make steady progress with upgrading school facilities.