Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the conditions pertaining to the building of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and her Department's obligations in this regard in terms of funding the maintenance and management of the hall. [16491/06]

Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Palmerstown community still does not have access the sports hall at a school in view of the fact that this is a condition of building; the correct source of income for the school and community's management of this hall; if this source of income should be split or fall wholly within the remit of the school; if the management of the hall should be split or fall wholly within the remit of the school; if additional funding will be provided by her Department to provide for the maintenance and the appointment of management personnel at the hall; if other funding channels are suggested to facilitate community access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16492/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 and 513 together.

My Department has provided funding in excess of €34m for the construction of nine dual use halls with enhanced facilities, attached to post-primary schools. Eight of the halls, including the hall referred to by the Deputy, are in Dublin and one is in Cork.

Allocations from my Department to post-primary schools are intended to cover school usage of PE facilities within schools. As the halls in question have been built as part of a joint programme to develop community sports facilities in drugs task force areas, issues relating to the funding, management and staffing of the halls to facilitate community usage are currently being considered and my Department will shortly be in contact with the relevant school authorities in relation to the matter.