Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 1234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure in respect of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; in each of the schools for capital expenditure for each of the three years to 2006; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of these schools which have had long-standing requests made by schools for various forms of capital expenditure; the position in relation to future commitments of capital expenditure to each of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28422/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Details of capital expenditure in respect of the schools to which the Deputy refers in the Dublin 15 area are contained in the following table.

The position regarding applications for major capital funding in each school is as follows:

1. Blakestown CS — RN: 91316Q and Riversdale Community College — RN: 70081V.

My Department has no current applications from these schools for major capital funding.

2. Coolmine CS — RN: 91315O, Castleknock College — RN: 60100Q and Mount Sackville Secondary School — RN: 60120W.

Each of these schools has an application with my Department for major capital funding. The projects in question have been assigned a band 2 priority rating under the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building works.

Progress on these projects is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme from 2007 onwards.

3. Castleknock Community College — RN: 76062B.

A PE hall project at this school was recently authorised to progress through architectural planning and on to tender and construction as soon as all stages of the planning processes are complete.

The school also has an application with my Department for an extension. The project has been assigned a band 2 priority rating in accordance with the prioritisation criteria. Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme from 2007 onwards.

4. Hartstown Community School — RN: 91339F.

This school currently has a dust extraction project which is ongoing and being funded by my Department.