Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects work to commence on the proposed extension to a school (detail supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of management has agreed to facilitate higher enrolment numbers on foot of promises made by her and her Department to provide urgently needed classrooms and other facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9546/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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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.

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.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the promised extension and refurbishment to a school (detail supplied) in County Galway will go to tender; the stage the application is at; if her attention has been drawn to the chronic lack of accommodation in the school, the projected enrolments in the school catchment area for future years and that it is almost nine years since this extension was first applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9552/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The project to which the Deputy refers is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning.

The progression of all large scale building projects, including the this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.