Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the completion of a school extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40046/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a new eight classroom building for the school in question has just been completed.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the completion of a school extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40047/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that construction of an extension at the school in question will be completed shortly.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made to progress an application for major capital funding which has been assessed by her Department regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when same is likely to be advanced in view of the urgent and pressing needs for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40048/05]

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40049/05]

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. Earlier this year I announced details of 124 schools to progress through the architectural planning process and among those listed was the building project for the school in question.

My Department's officials wrote to the school authorities on 28 October 2005 giving approval to proceed to stage 3, detailed plans-costs, of architectural planning. Pending receipt in my Department of the stage 3 submission from the school authorities, no further progression can be made on this project.

Progression of projects to construction will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2005-2009.