Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if design teams have been appointed in relation to new schools (details supplied) in County Kildare. [14040/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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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 each school 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.