Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new primary school at Kill, County Kildare; the degree to which the various development stages have been completed to date; when site works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2144/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that architectural planning has been completed and the tendering process for the awarding of the building contract is now in hand for the school building project to which he refers.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the new national school project for Ardclough, County Kildare will proceed; the full extent of the preparation, including site preparation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2145/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The project for a new school for Ardclough, Co Kildare is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. In this regard, a Stage 2(a) submission was recently approved by my Department and the Design Team has been requested to prepare a Stage 2(b) submission (detailed design).

Site suitability was dealt with at Stage 1 of the architectural planning process.

Once the Stage 2(b) submission has been received and approved, the further progression of this project, in common with all large scale capital projects, will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.