Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 submitted building proposals for a four classroom block, sports hall and improved science facilities in March 2004, that a similar request was re-submitted in 2007, that an inspector from her Department has visited the school and that her Department recognises that the school is located in an area of substantial urban renewal with an expected population growth; when the school will be authorised to proceed, without delay, to arrange for the design planning application and construction of the essential additional facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26358/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to the Department for major capital funding. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned a band 2 rating. Progress on the project will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.