Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post primary building projects submitted by various schools to her Department at stage three that are awaiting approval to advance to stage four; her views on allowing some or all of the schools concerned to at least progress to the next stage, stage four, which is the planning stage, irrespective of when her Department will take a decision in terms of stage five in view of the multi-annual school building and modernisations programme; her views on the time that this would save for schools and the considerable costs that it would ultimately save; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4287/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department considers all building projects in the context of the multi-annual school building and modernisation programme. In my most recent announcement on the 2008 large-scale building programme last week I approved 48 projects to commence construction including 30 new primary schools in rapidly developing areas that are planned to be in place by next September. My Department has sufficient projects with planning permission in waiting to advance to tender and construction and these together with the ongoing demands in rapidly developing areas are under consideration for inclusion in future announcements.