Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the provision of a larger gymnasium sufficient for the playing of basketball in the building programme she has sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42941/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Following an assessment of the school's long term accommodation needs, an extension project has been agreed on the basis of staffing of Principal plus 20 Mainstream class teachers plus ancillary. Based on this staffing level, schedules of overall accommodation has been drawn up and as is standard practice provision has been made for General Purpose facilities. The Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisition, is currently engaged in sourcing a site extension for the school in question. When the additional land has been acquired, the building project required to deliver the extension project at the school will be considered further in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.