Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9132/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will correct the Dáil Éireann record relating to the information given with regard to a school (details supplied) during the Adjournment debate of 14 February 2008, when it was claimed that the extension to cater for the expansion of the school had been progressed to architectural planning. [9136/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 432 together.

In 2006, the school to which the Deputy refers, agreed to an annual fourth stream intake to cater for additional pupil places in the area. An application for major capital works is being progressed to extend the school to cater for this development.

Appointment of a design team is the first step in the architectural planning of a major capital school building project, accordingly, I correctly stated on the 14th of February last that the proposed project is in the early stages of architectural planning.

The process to appoint a Design Team for the proposed building project commenced in October 2007 and the Pre Qualification Stage is complete. Issue of Award Stage documentation will take place in the near future. The process to appoint the Project Supervisor at Design Process (PSDP) is completed.

When the Design Team is appointed, the progression of the project through the various stages of architectural planning will be progressed in the context of my Department's multi annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.