Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have applied for grant aid for major capital works; if in view of the present conditions she will sanction the works to go ahead as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7523/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for major capital funding was received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers.

Officials in the School Planning Section of the Department have assessed the long-term needs of the school and have recommend the provision of an extension to the school to cater for an overall accommodation need of Principal + 8 mainstream assistants. The school authority accepted this recommendation in October 2006.

The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and progress on the project is being considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.