Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47376/08]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47378/08]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47380/08]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47390/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos 360, 362, 364 and 374 together.

My Department has applications on hand from a number of schools of the same name in Donegal. I have asked the Planning and Building Unit in my Department to contact the Deputy in order to clarify which schools are the subject of his question and they will be happy to supply the information sought to the Deputy.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47377/08]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47389/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 361 and 373 together.

The Modernisation and Policy Unit of my Department has no record of a current application from the schools referred to by the Deputy. Should an application be received it will be assessed and the school authorities notified of the outcome without delay.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47379/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has an application for major capital works from the school referred to by the Deputy. Progress on the 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.

The school also made an application under the 2008 Summer Works Scheme with Mechanical works as their first priority. As the Deputy will be aware, there was no Summer Works Scheme in 2008. It is my intention to have a Summer Works Scheme in 2009. The details of the operation of the scheme in 2009 and the level of funding to be made available are currently being considered and this work will be completed as soon as possible.

The Professional and Technical Reports provided by schools for 2008, including the application from the school referred to by the Deputy, can be used again for future projects so that schools will not be at the loss of expenditure already incurred on them. My Department will be in contact with the school in relation to the application in due course.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47381/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding for temporary accommodation in February of this year and was given approval for the accommodation in April. An application from the school for drawdown of the first tranche of the funding was received in my Department on 15th of December and will be processed in accordance with the normal procedures.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47382/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Modernisation and Policy Unit of my Department has no record of a current application from the school referred to by the Deputy. Should an application be received it will be assessed and the school authorities notified of the outcome without delay.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47383/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy was given approval in July 2008 for a grant of €100,000 to secure additional accommodation.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been accepted; and if so, when work will commence. [47384/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The final account for a large-scale extension project at the school referred to by the Deputy was approved in October 2004. The school applied for additional classroom accommodation in January 2006. Progress on the 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.

The school also applied under the Permanent Accommodation Scheme 2007 for two extra classrooms. The school were approved for 2 mainstream classrooms in May 2008 and allocated a grant of €240,000 to purchase or build the accommodation.