Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage of the application for the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Clare; the reason for the delay in the provision of the new school; her views on whether a site (details supplied) proposal offers a better value for money solution than the existing site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28790/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The application for capital funding towards the accommodation needs of the school referred to has been assessed by my officials and a decision taken to provide funding towards a new 24 classroom school to replace the existing school building, on a site to be provided by the Patron for that purpose.

As part of the Patron's plans for future primary education provision in Ennis, a proposal has been received from the Patron which involves the re-location of the school from its existing site at Kilrush Road to a site at Ashline, which has recently been rezoned by the local authority for educational use. This proposal is being considered by my officials at present. When a final decision is taken on the site for the school, the building project required to facilitate delivery of the school building will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernization programme 2006 — 2010.