Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an amalgamation of schools to be known as Scoil Mocheallóg will be constructed. [5999/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The proposed building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The project was included in my announcement of January 2006 to commence architectural planning.

The Design Team has recently been appointed for the project and has been requested to submit a Stage 1/2 (Site suitability/outline sketch scheme) submission. When the submission 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 stage of architectural planning. Further progression of the project will be considered in the context of the Schools Building and Modernisation Programme 2007-2013. Over €4.5 billion will be provided for school building infrastructure under the new NDP 2007-2013.