John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application to construct a new vocational school on the existing school site, Kilkenny Road, Carlow; if the project will be given priority in view of its urgent need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4633/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers. This application was assessed in accordance with published prioritisation criteria for large scale building works and was assigned a Band 2 rating. Progress on the proposed building project will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme from 2007 onwards.