Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will provide a new school building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork which has a band rating of 1.1 and is designated as a developing area by his Department's developing areas unit. [34412/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers to has an application for a new school on a new site with the Department. A suitable site has been identified for the school in question. The site comprises three plots of land with three separate vendors. Officials from my Department are in contact with key stakeholders with a view to exploring the options open to advancing the proposed acquisition.

The progression of this project will be considered in the context of the capital budget available to my Department for school buildings generally. In light of the many competing demands on the capital budget of my Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the acquisition of the site at this time followed by progression of the project.

In the meantime temporary accommodation for the school has been approved by my Department as an interim measure to facilitate increased enrolments for Sept 2008.