Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the application for an extension submitted to her Department by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the school has grown considerably in size and now has 14 full-time teachers with 245 pupils on the roll book and that it has had to limit its intake in recent years due to lack of space; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that they have no indoor facilities for physical education or for the holding of extra curricular activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3855/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy was listed in my announcement of April 2005 as a project to progress through architectural planning up to and including stage five, bill of quantities. This is the final stage before the invitation of tenders.

The building project for the school is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Approval for stages four and five, detailed design and bill of quantities, was issued by my Department on 5 October 2005. The Department is examining replies from the school's consultant engineer regarding a number of queries that must be addressed prior to going to tender. As part of the proposed extension a 200 sq. m. general purpose room, an extra two classrooms and ancillary accommodation will be provided. Progression of projects to construction will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme, 2006 to 2009.