Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the history and the status of the application for approval to carry out essential accommodation works at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the date of receipt of same; the works required; the reason for the delay in granting approval to proceed; the prospects of said approval issuing, and in full, in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32682/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

An application for an extension project at the school referred to by the Deputy was received in my Department in 1996. The proposed extension project is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. Officials from my Department's professional and technical unit recently visited the school and, as a result, a revised schedule of accommodation to meet the long term accommodation needs for 650 pupils has issued to the school for consideration.

The progression of all large scale building projects from initial design stage through to construction phase, including this project, will be considered 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.