Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the proposed nature of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been agreed within the schools and with her Department; if a design team has been, or is about to be appointed, to arrange for the refurbishment of the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4278/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that works on the schools in question were included in the recent announcement of 62 schools for which design teams will be appointed under the 2006 capital programme.

The timing of the amalgamation and the relocation of the schools is dependent on the rate of progress on the refurbishment project and, in particular, the timing of its completion. The nature of the amalgamation, that is, whether the amalgamation will result in one or two schools remains the subject of discussion among the patron body, the boards of management and my Department.