Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the crisis which is building up at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in classroom accommodation; her views on the case put forward for the provision of an extension at second storey level; the way in which adequate classroom accommodation will be provided for the school children in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20141/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers applied to the planning section of my Department on 9 June 2005 for additional accommodation for the 2006-07 school year onwards. There is no indication in the application that the school has any additional accommodation requirements for the 2005-06 school year.

The application will be assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation for large scale building projects. The project will be assigned a band rating and its progress will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme from 2005 onwards. The school authority will be notified when the assessment is completed.