Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence regarding a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11743/08]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will commence as same is urgently required by the students and teachers there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11849/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 759 and 774 together.

The project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning.

Delivery of all building projects, including Caragh National School, Co Kildare will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her projections for moneys spent in 2008 on the primary schools building programme, with a breakdown of proposed expenditure on the different schemes within the building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11749/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Approximately €390 million has been allocated for the primary school buildings programme in 2008. As of now, this has been provisionally assigned to the various constituent parts of the building programme as follows — €80m on large scale and devolved projects under construction at 1 January 2008; €70m on devolved projects proceeding to construction during 2008; €35m on large scale projects commencing construction this year; €15m on contractual balances carried forward from 2007; €25m on 2008 programmes such as permanent accommodation, remediation, contingency, the purchase of prefabs, non project related furniture and equipment applications and design team fees; and €165m on the purchase of sites and delivery of school facilities in developing areas.

I should emphasise that, depending on the rate of progress of the various components of the programme, adjustments may be made to the above figures throughout the course of 2008. These adjustments may arise in the context of the on-going monitoring of the programme undertaken by my Department in the normal course of events.

It is intended that the Minor Works Grant for the 2008/2009 school year will be paid in the early part of 2009.