Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 23 May 2006, her Department contacted a school (details supplied) in County Clare regarding an additional post; and if not, when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25511/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school and has been assessed and the long term projected staffing, on which the accommodation needs will be based, has been determined and notified to the school authority. In order to determine how best to provide for the school's accommodation needs into the future, it will be necessary to have a technical assessment of existing buildings carried out by my Department. Officials from the School Planning Section will be in contact with the school authority to arrange a technical visit.

In the interim, pending a permanent solution to the school's accommodation requirements the school has recently been given approval to rent three prefabricated classrooms from September 2006.