Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of building projects awaiting progression which are assessed by her Department as being of band three status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34228/06]

Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of band one building projects which will be given clearance to proceed further before the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34224/06]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of band four building projects which will be given clearance to proceed further before the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34218/06]

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of building projects awaiting progression which are assessed by her Department as being of band one status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34232/06]

John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of building projects awaiting progression which are assessed by her Department as being of band four status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34226/06]

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of building projects awaiting progression which are assessed by her Department as being of band two status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34230/06]

Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of band two building projects which will be given clearance to proceed further before the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34222/06]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of band three building projects which will be given clearance to proceed further before the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34220/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 116, 119, 122, 138, 141, 162, 191 and 214 together.

As I indicated when publishing the various strands of the Department's Capital Programme for 2006, I intend to move through the School Building and Modernisation Programme in a planned way over the next five years. This is possible with the availability of a €3.9bn multi-annual capital funding envelope (primary, post-primary and third level) over that period to underpin a continuous programme of modernising school buildings. The number of building projects under consideration can change on a day to day basis as new applications are received and existing applications are progressed in my Department.

The Deputies will appreciate that this investment must continue to be targeted using the published prioritisation criteria. Details of projects to move forward under the programme will be published as and when they are ready to be advanced in the context of capital expenditure requirements.