Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to assist schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to access funding for the urgent upgrading of the school buildings and assembly hall in view of the fact that her Department have accepted that these works are necessary yet no funding has been forthcoming. [7189/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The schools to which the Deputy refers made certain requests of my Department for capital works in the context of an amalgamation negotiation. They have not, otherwise, completed a formal application under any section/scheme of the Department's Capital Programme.

The amalgamation is not being pursued and, while this does not preclude the schools from applying for capital funding, they must decide which section/scheme of the Department's capital programme is most appropriate to their needs. Any such application will be assessed in accordance with the relevant governing criteria which treat all applications in an open, transparent and equitable manner.