Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to the proposal for a new school to replace the existing classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if an agreement has been made with a developer on a site for the school; if the site of the current school is included in an arrangement to acquire a new site; if the funding allocated for the original site, which was refused permission by the local authority, is secure and adequate to complete the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12856/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department is awaiting the submission of a proposal from the school in question which involves a developer designing and building a 16 classroom school on a new greenfield site to be provided by the developer.

This proposal arises because of difficulties in securing planning permission for an extension to the existing school building. Once received, a response to the proposal will issue to the school as quickly as possible.