Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given to funding the building of a sports hall for schools (detail supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9205/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding for general classroom accommodation and a PE hall, from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale building projects. Progress on the project will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.

Christy O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is still actively seeking a site for a new community school in Skibbereen. [9220/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Because of the difficulty in sourcing a green field site the Department decided to investigate the possibility of utilising the Rossa College site to facilitate the proposed building project. To this end a feasibility study of the site and building was commissioned in order to determine how best to provide for the long-term accommodation needs of the proposed school. However, because of the opposition from the Trustees of the proposed new Community School to the Rossa College site, this option is no longer being pursued. The Department will continue to work to identify a suitable site for this project and will keep the Trustees informed of progress in this regard.