John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to an application for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; when a design team will be appointed and the project progressed to architectural planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11426/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, a Developing Areas Unit was set up recently in my Department to focus on the school accommodation needs of rapidly developing areas including Tramore. The main emphasis in 2008 is on providing sufficient school places in these developing areas, as well as delivering improvements in the quality of existing primary and post-primary school accommodation throughout the country. In this context, the status of this project will be re-assessed and banded accordingly.

As is the case for all large capital projects currently on hand within the Developing Areas Unit, progression of the project will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.