David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1079 of 30 January 2008 and 159 of 6 March 2008, the further progress that has been made in the matter of providing a new premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13392/08]

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 the area to which the Deputy refers. 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 is currently being assessed. As is the case of 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.