Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for a new school (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7230/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of a new school has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The project is being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2006-10. The Deputy will be aware that I have made a number of announcements already this year on the 2006 school building programme and will be making further announcements in this regard over the course of the year.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a vacated school (details supplied) has been acquired from the Dublin archdiocese; and if the school will be [i]in situ[/i] by September 2006; and if she will provide further details on the school in the new premises in Whitehall. [7248/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that works on the school buildings to which he refers were included in my recent announcement of 62 schools for which design teams will be appointed under the 2006 capital programme. The timing of the amalgamation of the schools in question and the relocation of the school referred to by the Deputy is dependent on the rate of progress on the refurbishment project and, in particular, the timing of its completion. The Deputy will appreciate that due to the sensitivity of property negotiations, it would not be appropriate to comment on this issue while negotiations are ongoing. The refurbishment project will be dealt with as a matter of priority.