Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her immediate proposals to meet the accommodation needs at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the long standing and well documented requirements of the school in question; when she will meet these requirements in full by way of permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3023/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A Design Team was appointed on the School referred to by the Deputy on the 28th November last and the School Authorities were instructed to inform their Design Team to prepare a stage 1/2 submission (Outline sketch scheme with costings).

The stage 1/2 documentation is now awaited and when this is received in my Department, my Officials will arrange a meeting with the School Authorities and their 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.

Progression of the project to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2007-2013. Over €4.8 billion will be provided for school building infrastructure under the new NDP 2007-2013.