Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)
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Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be granted recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34280/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It is my Department's policy to support the provision of all-Irish school facilities at primary and post-primary level in all areas where a demand for such provision is clearly demonstrated and no alternative exists within a reasonable distance. An application has been received from County Galway VEC to establish a Gaelcholáiste in the area referred to from September 2006 and this is under active consideration in my Department. A decision on the granting of recognition to the proposed school will be conveyed to the VEC when the assessment is finalised.