Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on her Departments funding for a rebuilt primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 which was due to commence early in 2008. [31208/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is spending over €540m this year on the delivery of over 1,500 school building projects throughout the country. This is the first phase of investment under the Government's National Development Plan which will involve over €4.5 billion being invested in school buildings over the next 7 years. This year alone will see construction work that will ultimately deliver over 17,500 school places.

My Department closely monitors the flow of projects on a regular basis in order to match with the flow of funding under the National Development Plan. While my Department has a devolved approach to delivery at local school level, there is still regular contact with many of these schools, including the school in question, about the timing of when projects can proceed.