Darragh O'Brien (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)
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Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the technical assessment for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will take place, as it was stated in the development plan for education in north Dublin that this assessment should be carried out as a matter of urgency and is still outstanding as at May 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19475/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the Programme for Government, a Developing Areas Unit was set up recently in my Department to focus on the school accommodation needs of rapidly developing areas, including Rush. 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 all schools in Rush are being assessed. The school referred to by the Deputy is being included in this assessment. As is the case with all large capital projects currently on hand within the Unit, their progression will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.