Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the boards of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 have been instructed by her Department not to proceed to apply for planning permission for the construction of the essential new primary school facilities following on from her Department in November 2007 giving what is known as stage three technical approval; the reason no further communication since that date has been made to the boards of management concerning funding for the school; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the 16 prefabricated buildings that accommodate up to 500 pupils are disimproving rapidly and can no longer be properly maintained; and if sanction will be given to apply for planning permission to enable the school project to progress. [14684/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The project to which the Deputy refers is currently at an early stage of architectural planning process.

The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, 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.