Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in 2006 in advancing the proposals in respect of extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5998/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The school in question was listed in my announcement of April 2005 as a project to progress through architectural planning up to pre-tender stage, that is, up to and including advanced architectural planning.

In order to bring this project to the required stage, my Department's officials have requested and received various amendments to the stage three submission, detailed plans and costs, during 2005. Most recently my Department's officials wrote to the school authorities on 21 September 2005 with some further queries and a response has been received. This will be examined as soon as possible and my officials will then be in further contact with the school authorities with regard to the next steps involved in progressing this project. Progression of projects to construction will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-2009.