Written answers

Wednesday, 3 October 2007

Department of Education and Science

Schools Building Projects

8:00 pm

Photo of Ulick BurkeUlick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made for the construction of a new primary school at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the result of the site visitation listed for earlier in 2007; and the time scale for the completion of the project. [21957/07]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has visited this school and following on from this visit, the Patron has confirmed the availability of additional lands for a school building project. This project is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Photo of Ulick BurkeUlick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the provision of the new second level school to replace a school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the concessions made by the trustees of the college, by an intake of first year students at the college in 2007; if she has had the proposed sites identified in Kinvara assessed as to their suitability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21958/07]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Earlier this year, I announced the provision of a new second level school for the Kinvara area. This decision was and remains predicated on the Mercy Order as Trustees of Seamount College accepting first year students each year until the end of the 2011/2012 school year. The Deputy will appreciate that planning for a new school involves a number of processes which can take some time to complete most notably:

the acquisition of a suitable site,

the design of a building,

the grant of planning permission,

the seeking of tenders and construction.

Many of these factors are outside the direct control of the Department.

At present, the Commission on School Accommodation is continuing its work on the identification of accommodation needs in the South Galway area, including the position relating to provision in Kinvara. Further progression of a new second level school to serve the area will be developed having regard to the factors as set out above.

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