John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a building project for the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the building unit will examine the proposed site to determine its suitability and progress the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18300/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has no current plans to relocate the school to which the Deputy refers nor has it an application from the school authority to this effect. However, the school planning section of my Department will carry out an examination of primary and post-primary provision in the area where the school is located later this year to determine long-term demand for pupil places and how best this demand can be met from an infrastructural viewpoint. The school to which the Deputy refers will be included in this review. The school in question received €22,000 under the summer works scheme last year to carry out roof repairs.