Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans that her Department has for a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7953/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department is in receipt of an application from the relevant Vocational Education Committee for large scale capital funding for the school in question. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects. Progress on the proposed works will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans that her Department has for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7954/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The architectural planning of the project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage. The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase is considered on an on-going basis in the context of the Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme in which the main focus is to deliver school places within rapidly developing areas.

On 1 February, I announced a list of schools which are due to go to construction in 2008. It is also my intention to make further announcements of projects to progress to tender and construction during the course of the year as the school building programme is rolled out.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7955/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a tender was accepted for the school building project in question and construction was commenced recently.

Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation as regards a new primary and secondary school for Doughiska, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7960/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Galway City VEC is actively pursuing the acquisition of a site for the schools in question. A site has been identified and the acquisition of same is subject to outline planning permission being granted. When the site has been acquired, it is intended that the building project for the proposed schools will be delivered by Public Private Partnership.