Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application to build a new national school (details supplied) in County Galway; the position of the project; the size the new school will be; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of management have already purchased a site suitable for the new school; if her attention has further been drawn to the overcrowding in the present building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33744/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

An upward trend in enrolment in recent years has necessitated a review by my Department of demographic trends, housing developments and enrolment trends in the area in order to ensure that any capital funding provided will deliver accommodation appropriate to the school's need into the future. Upon completion of this assessment a decision will be conveyed to the school on how best to provide for the school's long term accommodation needs. The project will then be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.