Joe Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 799: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if there has been progress in the acquisition of a site for the building of a new school, which has been in demand for a number of years. [10911/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding towards the accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy.

I understand that the school authority is in the process of acquiring additional land adjacent to the existing site in order to facilitate any development required. My officials are in the process of assessing the school's likely long-term projected staffing in order to determine the school's accommodation needs into the future. Factors to be considered include current and projected enrolment, demographic trends in the area, and the likely impact of recent and proposed housing developments. When this has been finalised, a decision will be taken on how best to meet the school's current and future accommodation needs. The project will then be considered for progression in the context of the 2006-10 school building and modernisation programme.