Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made with regard to providing a new school to replace a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [32443/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of a new school on a Greenfield site has been received from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. The application has been assessed and the long-term projected staffing figure on which accommodation needs will be based has been determined and notified to the school authorities. The Property management Section of the Office of Public Works (OPW) which acts on behalf of the Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, has been requested to source a suitable site for this school. The Department has been advised by the OPW that a suitable site has been identified and that its acquisition is currently under negotiations. Once the acquisition is finalised the building project required to deliver the school's accommodation needs will be considered for progression in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme.