Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has further been drawn to the length of time it is taking for approval for a substantial extension to this school; the stage the application is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11936/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning.

A meeting was recently convened with Officials from my Department, the Board of Management and the Design Team in order to evaluate the Stage 2 submission. At the meeting, the project was approved to proceed to Stage 3 (Developed Sketch Scheme) of Architectural Planning. Officials from my Department will be in further contact with the school authorities when the Stage 3 documentation has been received and evaluated.

Progression of the project to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.