Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 951: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to tackle the ongoing phenomenon of overcrowding in classrooms nationwide; and her plans to tackle same in a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [15249/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The assessment of the long term projected staffing, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is underway at present in the Department. Once the long term projection has been determined and agreed with the school authorities the building project will be considered in the context of the multi-annual Schools Building and Modernisation programme.