Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new classrooms delivered by the school building programme for each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the amount of money expended on these buildings for each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the average cost of supplying a new classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5583/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information is not available in the format requested by the Deputy. Classroom accommodation is not provided in isolation as my Department provides a range of ancillary accommodation in addition to classrooms. My Department did publish on its website last year a document entitled "School Building Programme Key Achievements 2000 to 2005" which includes details of school building projects completed over this period.

In addition my Department spent €525m in 2006 and will spend €534m in 2007 on school building and modernisation. The budget for 2007 is the first year of the roll-out of the new NDP which will involve an investment of €4.5 billion on school buildings during the course of the next 7 years. This multi-annual funding will enable my Department to continue to take a proactive approach in the provision of modern school accommodation particularly in the rapidly developing areas.