Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money expended by her Department to date on the development of an all Irish education centre at Ballyvourney, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11079/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The project to which the Deputy refers incurred costs of €377,507.

On 11 March 2007 my colleague Mr. Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D., Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and I jointly announced the provision of a support and development initiative for the Irish language in Baile Bhuirne. This initiative is aimed at supporting and enhancing an integrated spectrum of services to promote Irish as a living language throughout the education system and in Irish language communities, particularly in the Gaeltacht.