Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant an application for major capital funding to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare within the next nine months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26546/08]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant an application for major capital funding to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare before the end of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26548/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 169 together.

I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of applications for large scale capital funding from the schools to which he refers. The projects have been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects. Progress on the proposed works will be considered on an ongoing basis in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme. However, in light of current competing demands on the capital budget of the Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of the project at this time.