Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current position regarding the proposed amalgamation of both primary schools in Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3783/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The two primary schools referred to by the Deputy have indicated to the Department that they propose to amalgamate to provide for a single co-education national school to serve the area. Before progressing the project further and in order to ensure that any capital funding allocated to assist in the amalgamation being provided represents optimal use of resources and is appropriate to meet the school's long term accommodation needs, it will be necessary to consider the possibility of utilising the existing school buildings.

My Department has recently received additional technical information in relation to the existing school buildings from the school authorities. The next step is to have a technical inspection of the existing buildings carried out to determine their suitability. When this inspection has been completed, the project will be progressed in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.