Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an educational needs assessment will be carried out in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8099/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Forward Planning Section of my Department is currently identifying the areas throughout the country where significant additional accommodation will be needed at primary and post-primary level in the medium to long term. This process will include an examination of the area where the school to which the Deputy refers is located. Factors under consideration include population growth, demographic trends, current and projected enrolments, recent and planned housing developments and the capacity of existing schools to meet the demand for places. The accommodation needs for the school concerned will be considered in this context and addressed under the school building and modernisation programme consistent with the priority attaching to the project and the availability of funding.

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the funding for the replacement of four substandard prefabs at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 as set out in previous parliamentary questions will be formally approved and become payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, my Department has taken a decision in principle to replace a number of prefabs at the school to which he refers. The school has been given approval to tender for the prefabs in question. Formal approval, including details on funding, will be given to the school authority when the outcome of the tendering process is known.