Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide necessary additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if same will be given the necessary approval for this vital accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3963/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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On 5 March 2007, I announced details of the schools to receive funding under the Small Schools Scheme 2007. The application from the school to which the Deputy refers was successful and officials from School Building Section have been in contact with the school authority advising them of the steps to be taken to progress the project. This is a devolved project and as such the school management authority is the driver of the project. They applied for planning permission last October.

Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for prefab accommodation for resource teaching; when the application was received in her Department; if it is being considered at present; if the application will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3971/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The application in question has been received in the Department and is currently under consideration. A decision on the outcome of the application will be communicated to the school authorities soon.

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be able to move into the Grangegorman Dublin Institute of Technology site in the first wave of new buildings on this site. [3976/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Grangegorman Development Agency has been informed by my Department that a site for a sixteen classroom school is required for the school in question and that provision should be made for this in the overall strategic plan for the development of the Grangegorman site.

The proposed phasing for the delivery of the various aspects of the development will be identified by the Grangegorman Development Agency as part of the strategic plan as outlined in Section 12 of the Grangegorman Development Act 2005. Work on the preparation of the strategic plan is under way at the moment.

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans that exist to provide alternative school premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 in view of their pending eviction from their current premises by summer 2008; if her Department will liaise with the school to agree a plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3977/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department acknowledges the need for a solution to the accommodation difficulties at the school to which the Deputy refers and it is committed to working to achieve a satisfactory solution as soon as possible. The Department has not been notified by the school authorities of a pending eviction from their site and the school authorities should liaise with Department officials regarding this immediately.

With regard to a permanent solution for the school, the task of locating suitable accommodation in an area where a school wants to be permanently located is not always an easy one and cannot be underestimated particularly where an area is built up, as is the case with the school in question.

The Department is actively pursuing a number of options. One of these options is the building of a permanent structure on the school's current site. A number of issues have arisen in relation to this proposal for which clarification is being sought. When progress has been made, the school authorities will be notified immediately.