Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will be building one or two primary schools on the site that is being acquired from Wexford County Council in Gorey, County Wexford. [31082/07]

Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary school or schools that will be accommodated on the site being acquired from Wexford County Council in Gorey, County Wexford. [31083/07]

Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has decided on the persons who will be the patrons of the new second level school in Gorey, County Wexford; and if not, the timescale for her Department to decide who will be the patron. [31084/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 to 544, inclusive, together.

The site which is being acquired by the Department in Gorey will be developed to accommodate a new post primary school and at least one primary school. Decisions relative to further developments on site will be taken in due course.

The Department expects to be in a position to determine the Patronage of the post primary school shortly.

Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in approving a project brief in respect of an extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which was submitted to her Department in May 2007; and when it is expected that this project will proceed to the next stage. [31089/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, the school to which he refers has applied to the Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and has been assigned Band 2 rating. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme consistent with that Band rating.