Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has failed to progress a proposed new school building (details supplied) in County Westmeath despite the fact that in November 2006, it was advised that the project was to proceed to architectural planning, and since then nothing has happened; if she will take steps to have same progressed, as this school should be well into the detailed planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16228/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The project referred to by the Deputy has advanced to the point where Schedules of Accommodation have been drawn up. These were issued for observations to the Vocational Education Committee and its response in this regard is being considered by the Department's Senior Building Inspector. While the Department is not in a position to give a timetable for the commencement of this particular project, the need for a new school building for the school in question is acknowledged by the Department. Once the Schedules of Accommodation have been finalised and agreed, the building project required to deliver the new school building will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.