Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to allocate funds for a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in 2006; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this hall has been awaited for over 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13416/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is committed to funding the provision of PE, general purpose and outdoor play areas in schools as part of the school building and modernisation programme. This is being addressed in the context of available resources and the published criteria for prioritising school building projects.

The provision of PE halls at post-primary level is considered an integral part of the design stage for any major refurbishment programme of existing school buildings — providing always that the site is of sufficient size — or where a new school on a greenfield site is being built. The PE hall project at the school referred to by the Deputy has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria. The project is being considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme for 2006 to 2010.