Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 485 and 500 of 27 November 2007, what constitutes her Department's multi-annual school building and modernisation programme; the number of years covered; the number of schools that will be built in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35324/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Departments School Building and Modernisation Programme is divided into a number of component elements or sub programmes. These include Large Scale Building Projects (new school buildings and major extensions/refurbishments); Emergency Works; Site Acquisitions; Remediation Programmes (asbestos removal, radon mitigation); Furniture and Equipment and provision of Temporary Accommodation.

The programme this year will when completed deliver over 700 classrooms to provide permanent accommodation for over 17,500 pupils. In total, over 1,500 projects of varying scale are being delivered in schools throughout the country this year.