Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the progressing of the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25909/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the 2003 pilot initiative of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of €100,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school in question to provide additional accommodation.

The initiative allows boards of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives boards of management control of the building project. The school is question constructed two classrooms and three resource rooms and the works were completed in 2004.

An application for additional accommodation has recently been received in the planning section of my Department and is under consideration.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25914/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school planning section of my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme from 2006 onwards.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the provision of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25916/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has recently received an application for a new school building for the school referred to by the Deputy. This application is under consideration in the school planning section of my Department at present. The application will be assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which were revised last year following consultation with the education partners. The project will be assigned a band rating and progress on the project will be considered in the context of the school building programme from 2006 onwards.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expected completion date for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will sanction a further extension to the school. [25919/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction of the seven classroom extension has just been completed. The school was also included in my recent announcement of schools to commence architectural planning to provide a further eight classrooms. The design team has been appointed and architectural planning has commenced.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25921/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has recently received an application for a new building for the school referred to by the Deputy. This application is under consideration in the school planning section of my Department at present. The application will be assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which were revised last year following consultation with the education partners. The project will be assigned a band rating and progress on the project will be considered in the context of the school building programme from 2006 onwards.