Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for funding approval for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo was allowed to proceed to stage three and then abandoned; her proposals to provide new classrooms at the school in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23454/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy originally applied for an extension and refurbishment to provide for improved ancillary accommodation, such as a General Purpose Room, a Multi-purpose/Staff Room, a Remedial Room and a General Office. The project proposed did not include additional mainstream classrooms and having regard to competing demands on the building programme the application was not progressed further.

It is open to the school authority to make an application for funding towards additional accommodation/refurbishment under the Major Capital Programme in relation to the provision of mainstream accommodation. The application form may be downloaded from the Department's website.