Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she or her Department have received stage 2 submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding its school extension application; when the matter will be progressed further in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13535/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department's officials have recently received the stage 2 submission, the outline sketch scheme. When the stage 2 is reviewed, my Department will be in further contact with the school authorities as to the next steps involved in progressing this building project.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the extent to which the future plans for the school have been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13536/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Officials from my Department visited the school in question to carry out a technical inspection of the existing accommodation and to assess the needs of the pupils attending the school. The school authorities have embarked on a major redevelopment programme which is at a very early design stage. They are assessing the needs into the future of the residents with special needs on the campus and outreach facilities and the many support services and industries around them.

The school's design team is preparing a development control plan for the site, of which this school forms part, and my Department is awaiting their response before the project can proceed further. In the meantime a member of my Department's inspectorate has drafted a schedule of overall accommodation to reflect the current educational needs of the pupils attending the school.