Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding for a school (details supplied) in County Laois will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy was invited to participate in the 2005 small school initiative and accepted the devolved grant on offer for the provision of an extension under that initiative. My Department is moving towards a model of devolving building projects to school management authorities where appropriate. The devolving of funding to local level will accommodate school authorities to have responsibility and ownership of their building projects and assist in moving projects through the design process, to tender and construction at the earliest possible date. The school management authorities recently sought a meeting with the school building section of my Department regarding issues relating to their project and this meeting is being held today.