Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 1533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made by her in progressing the construction of a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention has been drawn to the large number of pupils at this school and of the pressing needs for additional accommodation to facilitate sports facilities for male and female students in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1486/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The proposed PE Hall project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The school was listed in my announcement of 29 May 2006 as a project to progress to tender and construction.

We are currently awaiting a stage 2, 3 (detailed sketch scheme) submission from the schools Design Team. When the complete stage 2, 3 submission is received in my Department, my Officials will arrange a meeting with the School and the Design Team in order to evaluate the documentation. It is envisaged that unless there are very exceptional circumstances involved, the meeting will be sufficient to authorise the project to progress to the next stages of architectural planning and, in due course, to tender and construction.