Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding available for the purchase of sites for new national schools in 2009; and if he will purchase a site for the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in 2009. [2197/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The capital allocation assigned to the School Building and Modernisation Programme for 2009 stands at €581.3m. The Programme is generally divided into a number of component elements or sub-programmes. These include Large-Scale Building Projects (new school buildings and major extensions/refurbishments); Devolved Schemes; Emergency Works; Site Acquisitions; Remediation Programmes (asbestos removal, radon mitigation); the provision of Temporary Accommodation; Furniture and Equipment grants and the Minor Works Grant. The level of funding available to each sub-programme has not yet been finalised.

In light of many competing demands on the capital budget of my Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the acquisition of the school site in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy at this time.