Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an application for a schedule of accommodation which has been sanctioned by her Department for a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be progressed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35645/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension at the school referred to by the Deputy, has been assessed and the long term projected enrolments, on which the school's accommodation needs will be based has been determined. In order to determine how best to provide for the school's accommodation needs into the future, it will be necessary to have a technical assessment of the existing buildings carried out in order to finalise the schedules of accommodation. Once the technical assessment is completed, the building project required to deliver the extension will be progressed in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an application for a schedule of accommodation which has been sanctioned by her Department for a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be progressed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35646/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension to provide ancillary accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. In the light of declining enrolments at the school in recent years, a reassessment of the long term projected enrolment, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is required. This reassessment will take into account factors such as current and projected enrolment, existing post primary provision in the general area and the likely impact of ongoing and proposed housing developments. Once this reassessment is complete, a decision will be taken on how best to provide for the schools accommodation needs. The project will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.