Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [13921/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Representatives of the Board of Management of the school to which the Deputy refers attended an Information Seminar in Tullamore on 13 December 2006 hosted by the School Building Section of the Department. The steps necessary to initiate the design phase of the eighty building projects announced by me in November last were discussed at that meeting and all schools were advised that architectural design teams would be appointed to their projects over the coming months. The School Building Section will begin advertising for these design teams shortly through the public procurement portal, www.etenders.gov.ie.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expected completion date for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [13922/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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This project is substantially complete with the exception of some minor works which are being completed over the Easter holidays.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has approved the stage three submission for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [13924/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department recently issued a letter to the school in question authorising the Board of Management in conjunction with its Design Team to proceed to Stage 4/5 (Detailed Design/Bill of Quantities) and on to tender stage.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the past two months in terms of the school building programme by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow which was promised a new school in 2002. [13930/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The management authority of the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to the Department for funding for major capital works. This application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale projects and has been assigned a band 2 rating. Progress on the proposed works is being considered in the context of the multi annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.