Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed new community school for Kildare Town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18393/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Kildare Town Community School is one of six schools that make up the Second Bundle of the Department's current Public Private Partnership Programme. Work on the pre-procurement of this bundle commenced in late 2006 and is on-going. An outline planning application is currently being prepared for the school in question and the educational needs of the school are being finalised. The consultation process, part of the PPP procedure, has commenced for the bundle.

The next steps include completion of the consultation process, preparation of output specifications and the Public Sector Benchmark (PSB) in conjunction with the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA).

Once the pre-procurement is completed the project will be handed over to the NDFA which will be responsible for its procurement.

Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been achieved towards the delivery of a new post primary school at the Curragh Camp; if agreement has been reached between her Department, County Kildare VEC and the Department of Defence in relation to the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18394/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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County Kildare VEC, the school authority in this instance, is currently negotiating with the Department of Defence with a view to acquiring a suitable site for the new school. As soon as a site has been acquired progress on the project will be considered in the context of the multi annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.