Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 30 April 2008, if a selected design team which has been forwarded by a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be approved; when this approval will be made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17640/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The process of appointing a design team to the school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage and all correspondence from the school has been received in my Department. The further progression of the project as with all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase, including this project, will be considered on an on-going basis in the context of my Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the proposed construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17643/08]

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the new national school for Summercove, Kinsale, County Cork. [18017/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 441 together.

The Office of Public Works (OPW), which acts on behalf of my Department in relation to site acquisitions generally, has been asked to source a suitable site for the school in question. The OPW have recently submitted a technical report for a site for the school which is currently with my Department for consideration and further instruction to the OPW. The further consideration of same will be considered in the context of the Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.