Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a senior official of her Department will be assigned to sort out difficulties in respect of the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; the views of staff, pupils and parents at what are seen as long delays with a project first brought to her Department six years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32665/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The school in question was listed in my announcement of April this year as a project to progress through architectural planning up to pre-tender stage, that is up to and including advanced architectural planning.

Following the announcement in April this year, my Department's planning section undertook a review of the school's enrolment and revised it upwards to 800 pupils. The school was informed of this in August 2005. In September 2005 updated schedules of accommodation, to accommodate the increased long-term enrolment, were issued to the school for their acceptance or comments, as well as a request to submit an addendum to the stage one submission based on the revised schedules and a number of observations from my Department's technical staff on the original submission.

The school authorities accepted these schedules in October 2005 and the addendum to the stage one submission is still awaited. When this is received and reviewed the school building section will be in further contact with the school authorities advising them on how to proceed.