Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for a new school; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current school is 109 years old, there is no central heating, only one hot water source heating one tap, the roof is rotten and the walls are cracking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15223/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of a new school building has been received from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. The long term projected staffing assessment and the further progression of the proposed building project will be considered on an ongoing basis in the context of my Department's multi annual School Building and Modernisation programme. In the interim, officials in my Department are in contact with the school management regarding the provision of temporary accommodation and additional information is expected from the management shortly. When this documentation is received the school authority will be notified of the position without delay.