Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the system in operation in her Department's building unit which contains information on the condition of each primary school, the year of its construction, the number of classrooms, ancillary facilities, the number of temporary classrooms and prefabs and related data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26850/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information to which the Deputy refers is acquired by the Department in the context of applications which are made by schools under the various Capital Programme Schemes. The information received is maintained on an individual school basis and is used to assess applications under the published prioritisation criteria attaching to each Scheme.

The Government is delivering on its commitment to provide modern facilities in schools and will invest a further €4.5 billion in educational infrastructure under the new National Development Plan. The allocation for 2007 alone is over €540m and this funding will deliver over 1,500 building projects.