John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a proposal to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) at Callan, County Kilkenny; if a technician from the building unit will visit both sites to prepare a report on the proposal to enable the process to move on; if sanction for a new building on a site will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31927/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department was recently informed of a proposal to amalgamate the two schools to which the Deputy refers. As a matter of course in amalgamation scenarios, technical inspections are carried out on existing buildings to determine which, if any, would be suitable to act as a host for the new school. My Department will be in direct contact with the school authorities in question when it is in a position to schedule a technical inspection of the buildings concerned.