Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to accommodation requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34631/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department funded an extension at the school in question and this was completed in 2005.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34632/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building for the School referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The School in question was listed in my announcement of April 2005 to progress through the architectural planning process and was given approval to proceed to stage 3 ( Developed sketch scheme with costings) of architectural planning in May of this year.

When the stage 3 submission is received in my Department, my Officials will arrange a meeting with the School's Design Team in order to evaluate the documentation. It is envisaged that unless there are very exceptional circumstances involved, the meeting will be sufficient to authorise the project to progress to the next stages of architectural planning.

Progression of projects to Construction will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34633/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has no application for large scale capital investment from the school to which the Deputy refers although it was requested by the Department to submit one.

In the meantime, additional temporary accommodation has been provided to cater for its immediate needs.