Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 813: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Laois is operating under difficult conditions with prefabricated buildings; her proposals to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12408/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school in question commenced operations with provisional recognition in September 2005. Newly established schools are generally required to undergo a period of provisional recognition, during which the operation of the school and the growth of pupil numbers are monitored. Among the factors to be considered is the long-term viability of the school, current and projected enrolments and suitability of accommodation. A new school, when it secures permanent recognition, becomes eligible for capital funding which is considered within the context of the Department's School Building and Modernisation Programme. The school in question does not yet have permanent recognition.