Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if priority will be accorded to the provision of sports hall facilities to those schools which have been in excess of ten years on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35009/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2003 my Department has published details of capital projects progressing through the system which have been prioritised in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large scale projects and put in place following consultation with the education partners.

All applications for capital investment, including applications for sports hall facilities, have been assessed in accordance with this criteria and will be considered In the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2005-2009.