Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 945: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of new two teacher schools, built over the past three years. [10914/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Only one new two classroom school has been built in the past three years at a cost of €444,395. Another new two classroom school was approved to go to tender and construction on the 2004 school building programme. This project went to tender in late 2004. However, the tender outcome was significantly in excess of the budget for the project. My Department has advised the school authority that the project can proceed as early as possible in 2005 provided significant cost reductions are achieved. The briefs for other two classroom schools on the school building programme comprised a combination of new build and renovation. In recent years, my Department has provided funding for smaller schools through the small schools' initiative to enable these schools refurbish and extend existing properties or build new two teacher schools.