Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 4 July 2006, the status of the project now that the site transfer has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36380/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A number of queries have been raised on the stage 4/5 submission (detail design/bill of quantities). My Department is currently awaiting a response to these queries from the school authority. Once these have been resolved the project will proceed to the invitation of tenders.

Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department intends to carry out a survey of the Office of Public Works site to assess the suitability of this site for the possibility of building a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36382/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Commissioners of Public Works have recently confirmed to the Department that the site in question is not available for consideration as a new school site. At present, my Department is actively engaged in sourcing a suitable site to facilitate the construction of a permanent building for the school referred to by the Deputy. The Deputy can be assured that the permanent accommodation needs of the school in question is being addressed as expeditiously as possible and the provision of a permanent building for the school will be progressed in the context of the School Buildings and Modernisation Programme.