Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of additional accommodation has been received from the school authority. All applications for large-scale capital funding, including the application in question, are assessed against published prioritisation criteria and assigned a band rating. Progress on all projects will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the approximate starting date of the development project of a school in view of previous commitment to the band one status of the school (details supplied) in December 2008. [9161/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for funding to provide an extension has been received from the school authority. The long-term needs of the school have been assessed within the Department and agreed with the school authority. It is proposed to extend the school to a 16 mainstream classroom school.

The project was assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects and was been assigned a Band 1 rating. Progression of the project will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.