Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget approved by her Department for primary schools to proceed to tender and construction stage in 2006; the amount of moneys spent by her Department for same to date in 2006; and the number of primary schools involved. [33263/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The capital funding at primary level for 2006 is €277 million and this is being used to fund a record school building programme which includes the delivery on a devolved basis of circa. 740 projects in primary schools throughout the country. Expenditure to date is over €172m which is significantly ahead of profiled expenditure.