Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to start building a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo which was approved in 2006, and as recent as September 2008 was seen by his Department as progressing to tender; the reason in the past few weeks, he has put the tendering process on hold; when the tendering process will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36609/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The project to which the Deputy refers is currently one of a number of projects at an advanced stage of architectural planning. It was not, however, included in the most recent tranche of projects announced in September as, due to normal budgetary constraints and the need to manage the capital programme in an orderly fashion, not all building projects can proceed to tender and construction at the same time.

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