Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 3 July 2007, the status of a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10879/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy is one of 27 new schools to be provided under my Department's Public Private Partnership Programme (PPP) 2006 to 2010. The first bundle consists of four post-primary, two in Co. Laois and two in Co. Offaly is in procurement and is likely to go to construction this year. The second bundle consists of six schools, 5 post-primary and 1 primary school in counties Cork, Limerick, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow are in pre-procurement and will be offered to the market shortly.

A suitable site for the project mentioned in the Deputy's question has been identified. It consists of lands acquired under the Residential Institutions Redress Act (Redress site) and an additional piece of land located adjacent to the Redress site. The redress site has been secured and my Department is currently in negotiations on the acquisition of the adjacent piece of land. I intend announcing further PPP project bundles during the year and the school in question will be considered in this context.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 3 July 2007, if a technical assessment has been carried out for a school (details supplied) in County Clare. [10880/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A technical assessment has not yet been carried out for the school in question. A re-assessment of project enrolments, demographic trends and housing developments in the area is required in order to assist in determining the long term projected enrolment for the school on which the school's long term accommodation needs will be based. The outcome of the technical assessment will help to determine whether or not the proposed project will be an extension of existing buildings on the current school site or a new school on a new greenfield site. The progression of this project as with all large scale building projects, 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.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 3 July 2007, the status of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10881/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The additional information from the school referred to by the Deputy has been received. The progression of this project as with all large scale building projects, 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.