Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given to stage three of the building programme for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38362/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The new eight classroom building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Department's officials wrote to the school authorities on 28 October 2005 giving approval to proceed to stage three — detailed plans-costs — of architectural planning.

Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if each of the schools in County Kildare which were included in the devolved schools building programme 2005, have availed of the offer; the progress that has been achieved to date in 2005 with these projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38363/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The devolved schools building programme allows boards of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives them control of the building project.

As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, ten schools in County Kildare were offered funding under this scheme in 2005. Nine of these schools availed of this offer and one refused. These nine projects are currently at advanced architectural planning and are expected to be on site early in the new year.