Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in a school (details supplied) in County Galway have rain falling on their heads in their classrooms; and the action he will take regarding the situation. [33743/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Galway is 109 years old, is in a state of disrepair and that a recent grant of €20,000 for repairs does not address the need to replace the school with a fit for purpose new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33744/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will visit a school (details supplied) in County Galway and see the condition of the century old building in which pupils and teachers must learn and teach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33745/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will agree to meet persons (details supplied) in relation to a school in County Galway. [33746/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [33747/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Galway is regularly flooded due to leaking roofs, windows and so on. [33749/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 531 to 535, inclusive, and Question No. 537 together.

An application for capital funding towards the provision of a new school building was received in April 2008 from the school referred to by the Deputy.

In June, a senior architect from my Department's Planning and Building Unit visited the school and, as a result, an amount of €26,862 was sanctioned to carry out remedial works on the school. The information provided by the school in its application and in subsequent correspondence, together with the technical visit referred to, gives my Department sufficient information to assess the school's needs in the context of all applications for capital funding currently under consideration.

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.