Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 822: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow that has applied to the Department to fund the necessary renovations to Marine House and to sanction its accommodation there until 2008; if this can be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10081/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application has been received from the school towards the cost of renting and renovating the premises which it occupies. This application is under consideration in the school planning section of my Department. A decision will be taken in the matter as soon as possible. The school has been granted permanent recognition effective from 1 September 2004. A letter to this effect issued to the school authority on 24 March 2005.

Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 823: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position for making a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow more wheelchair accessible for persons who will be attending the school in the future; her Department's position on making schools more wheelchair accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10082/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The scope of works required at the school is appropriate for consideration under the summer works scheme. I recently announced the list of successful applications under the 2005 programme. It is open to the school authority to apply for the works under the 2006 summer works scheme, details of which will be published by my Department at the end of April 2005.

It is the policy of my Department to provide all new schools with access for all facilities and special toilets for disabled teachers and students. Additionally, new schools with two or more storeys are provided with lifts. My Department advises school authorities and their design teams of accessibility requirements during the architectural planning process of projects.

Concerning access for all to existing school buildings my Department will respond as promptly as possible to a request from a school authority for funding for adaptations necessary to allow any person with mobility problems access the building.