Niall Blaney (Donegal North East, IND-FF)
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Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate further funding to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to allow them to proceed with the work approved under the summer works scheme 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20940/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that additional funding has been approved under the Summer Works Scheme 2006 to enable the school in question to proceed with the works sanctioned under that Scheme. The school was also approved in 2005 for funding under the Devolved Initiative for the provision of additional accommodation and renovation of the existing school building. The school has sought increased funding in respect of this project and an official from my Department has been in contact with the school regarding further information required. The matter will receive further attention when this information is received.

Niall Blaney (Donegal North East, IND-FF)
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Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give approval to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to proceed with their application for additional accommodation as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20941/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of a general purpose room, staff room, multipurpose room and storage capacity has been received from the school to which the Deputy refers. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006 — 2010.

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to the proposed new community college and gaelscoil for Bantry in west Cork, she will ensure that they will be associated in a PPP project bundle in association with other projects at the same stage of development where sites have been purchased and outline planning permission obtained; and if not, the reason for same. [20954/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The make up of further school bundles in my Department's PPP school building programme will be determined on such issues as the band rating allocated to each school in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, site availability for each school, outline planning permission having being secured and the estimated total cost of the proposed school bundle. In addition to the above, while the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) has responsibility for the procurement of the projects, the precise make-up of school bundles in terms of the number of schools in each and the geographical spread will be determined by my Department, in consultation with the NDFA.