Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been relocated to alternative premises as was intended nearly ten months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22111/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department procured the premises to which the Deputy refers initially to act as a temporary home for a special school pending the delivery of a building project for that school and then to accommodate, on a permanent basis, the school to which the Deputy refers. The building project for the special school is currently in the early stages of architectural planning. Earlier this year I announced details of 25 projects to commence architectural planning in 2009. The project for the special was not included in this announcement. Therefore, it is unlikely that it will be progressed in 2009.

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 my Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of the project at this time. In the circumstances, it is not possible, at this point, to say when the school to which the Deputy refers can move into the building.

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet with a delegation from a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22112/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Due to other diary commitments, I will not be in a position to meet with this delegation for several weeks but I have asked officials in my Department to contact the school directly to arrange a meeting at official level in relation to the project.