Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22099/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The process of appointing a design team to the school building project referred to by the Deputy is under way and will be completed shortly.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22100/06]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22103/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 232 together.

The process of appointing a design team to the building projects referred to by the Deputy is underway. An advertisement seeking design team consultants will be posted on the public procurement portal, www.etenders.gov.ie, shortly.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22101/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school building project referred to by the Deputy has been included in my recently announced list of 40 major school building projects that will progress to tender and construction on a rolling basis over the next 12 to 15 months.

My Department's Building Unit arranged a general information meeting for these schools to guide them through the process involved in moving projects to tender and construction. This meeting was held on Tuesday 30th May in Tullamore and the school in question attended the meeting.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a post primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22102/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a letter issued to the school in question on the 10th April 2006 authorising them to proceed to tender and construction for the proposed school building project.