Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to secondary schools for the building of drama or performing arts facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21686/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's planning guidelines for new post-primary school buildings allows for the provision of an 80m2 music/drama room for schools that offer music as a subject on the school curriculum. The guidelines also allow for the provision of fixed and loose furniture and demountable staging. In addition my Department provides grant aid for the purchase of music instruments and equipment. Where an application is made for major capital improvement works by the management authorities of an existing school, it is the policy of my Department to assess the overall future accommodation needs of the school for inclusion in the accommodation brief.