Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when additional school accommodation will be provided for Clonmellon, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24334/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. Following a recent review of the project, it was decided to provide the accommodation as an 8 classroom Generic Repeat Design School. Using this design, which has been developed by the Building Unit of my Department, will facilitate the early lodgement of planning permission and subsequently reduce the time taken to bring the project to completion.

An advertisement has been placed on e-tenders website seeking request for tenders for suitably qualified Quantity Surveyors, Civil & Structural Engineers, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineers. When a Design Team is appointment, officials of my Department will be in further contact with the school authorities regarding advancement of the project.