Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no funding available for the building of drama or performing arts facilities in secondary schools. [8641/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's planning guidelines for new post-primary school buildings allows for the provision of an 80 sq. m. music-drama room for schools that offer music as a subject on the school curriculum. The guidelines also allow for the provision of fixed and loose furniture and demountable staging. In addition, my Department provides grant aid for the purchase of musical instruments and equipment.

Where an application is made for major capital improvement works by the management authorities of an existing school, it is the policy of my Department to assess the overall future accommodation needs of the school for inclusion in the accommodation brief.