John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in respect of the consultation taking place between a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, Kilkenny County Council and her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10420/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Education and Science's school planning section is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the post-2006 school building and modernisation programme. No trilateral consultations between the school, the Department and Kilkenny County Council in respect of the school are under way. However, the Department is feeding into all local authority area development plans to establish the long-term educational needs of areas where schools are located.