Written answers
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Department of Education and Science
School Accommodation
2:00 pm
Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the state of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the limited ongoing repair work is nothing more than a cosmetic exercise and will not solve the poor infrastructural problems that beset the school; when a new school will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32741/08]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for capital funding towards the provision of a new school building has recently been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The commencement and 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 this project at this time. In the interim, an official from my Department's Planning and Building Unit recently visited the school and, as a result, an amount of €26,862 including VAT has been sanctioned to carry out remedial works on the school.
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