Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application of a school (details supplied) in County Cork for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide ancillary accommodation; the criteria laid down by her Department for this scheme; when the school's application will be addressed; if the school meets the criteria required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30304/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding towards the provision of additional mainstream classrooms and ancillary accommodation at the school referred to by the Deputy. The school authority has recently been advised that its proposed project may be more suitable for delivery by way of devolved funding under the Small Schools Scheme, 2007 which is specifically targeted at schools having no more than 4 mainstream teachers. The purpose of the scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake building works which will address the school's long term accommodation needs. The Scheme was advertised last month and full details are available on the Department's website at www.education.ie. The school authority has been advised to submit an application under the scheme by the closing date of October 27th 2006. All applications received by that date will be assessed and considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-10.