Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the conditions at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin have continued to deteriorate and that maintenance funding is no longer effective; the reason there is an ongoing delay in sorting out the serious overcrowding problems in the school; if there are plans to find an alternative suitable location for the school as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19757/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school planning section of my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects which were revised following consultation with the education partners last year. Progress on the application is being considered in the context of the school building programme from 2005 onwards.

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that earlier this year I approved funding for the school under the summer works scheme to upgrade its toilet facilities. It will be open to the school to apply for further funding for other improvement works under the 2006 scheme when it is announced later this year.