Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 1441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will give the go-ahead for a school building project (details supplied) in Limerick where facilities are inadequate and include nine prefabs which are more than 25 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1021/07]

Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 1458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will state, following a visit to a secondary school (details supplied) in Limerick by An Taoiseach, when the proposed building project will proceed to tender; the completion date of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1146/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1441 and 1458 together.

An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension/refurbishment at the school has been received in the Department. Officials in my Department will carry out an examination of all the relevant factors such as current and projected enrolment, demographic trends and the likely impact of ongoing and proposed housing developments in the area with a view to determining the long term accommodation needs of the school. When this is finalised, the application will be considered for progression in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 1442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school (details supplied) in County Cork on her Department's school building programme; if this school will be progressed over 2007; when this school will be in a position to proceed to construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1022/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A suitable site has been acquired by the Office of Public Works on behalf of my Department for this project. The long term projected staffing, on which the accommodation needs will be based, has been determined and also notified to the school authority. The building project required to deliver the new school will be progressed in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.