Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage two submission in connection with the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will sanction further progress on this project. [6171/06]

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. My Department's officials wrote to the school authorities in September 2005 advising them that they should now proceed to prepare and submit a stage two submission, an outline sketch scheme. The stage two submission has not yet been received by my Department. As the board of management is the client for this project it has responsibility for ensuring that the stage two submission is sent into my Department in a timely manner. Further progression of their project can be made when the stage two submission is received.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has approved the stage three submission for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the remaining stages to be completed in this project; and when the project will go to tender. [6173/06]

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 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 developing this project. Progression of projects to construction will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-09.