Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the application for a new building at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13538/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The new eight-classroom building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department received the stage 3 submission, the detailed plans and costs, from the school authorities on 21 March and when this is reviewed, it will be in further contact with the school authorities as to the next steps involved in progressing the project.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13539/06]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13540/06]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13541/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 to 557, inclusive, together.

The schools referred to by the Deputy are three of 62 major building projects announced by me in January last to commence architectural planning in 2006. In all, 1,300 building and modernisation projects will be active in our primary and post-primary schools during 2006. Capital expenditure on primary and post-primary schools this year will exceed €500 million.

Site inspections have been carried out for all three schools with a view to determining the scope of works necessary for the building projects. The next key task is to appoint architectural design teams to each project and this exercise will be initiated shortly by the school building section.

Progression of these projects to construction will be considered in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2006-10.