Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a design team for the building of a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [4433/11]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy, that a project to provide a new school building for the school to which he refers, has been announced as one of the projects to commence the process of appointing a design team under my Department's 2011 Multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

My officials will be in further contact with the school authority in due course relating to the steps to be taken to progress the project.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to sanction the provision of a Gaelcholáiste for north Kildare. [4440/11]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As I previously outlined to the Deputy the Forward Planning Section of my Department is in the process of analysing all areas in the country in order to determine the level of additional provision which will be required at both primary and post primary level up to 2017. Overall post-primary requirements in the North Kildare area, including the case for the provision of a new Irish language post-primary school will be considered in this context. However, as the Deputy may be aware, a multi-million Euro building project has been provided for Coláiste Cois Liffe, Lucan to cater for a long term projected enrolment of 600 pupils. This Gaelcholaiste, under the aegis of Co. Dublin VEC was built to serve the needs of the west Dublin /north Kildare area, including Maynooth and Kilcock. The enrolment for 2009/10 in Coláiste Cois Life was 345 and therefore this school would appear to have capacity to cater for the North Kildare area.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the projects for which large scale capital funding has been sought from her Department in County Kildare which have as not yet commenced construction; the details of the facilities sought and the stage of each project [4441/11]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Information in respect of the current school building programme, along with all assessed applications for major capital works and the status of these applications, is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie. However, for the convenience of the Deputy, I have set out two lists which set out details of school building projects for County Kildare as requested.

List A details applications for major capital works from primary and post primary schools in Kildare which are currently at application stage and includes projects which, earlier this week, I announced would progress to the Brief Formulation/Design Team Stages.

List B contains details of building projects in County Kildare that are in Architectural Planning, including those at tender stage but not yet in construction.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [4442/11]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale capital projects and assigned a Band 3 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with assessed applications for major capital works, including the project referred to by the Deputy, is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie.

I recently announced the projects which will be commencing the process of appointing design teams in 2011 and in light of current competing demands on the capital budget of my Department, it was not possible to include a project for the school to which he refers on this list. The progression of all large scale building projects, including the project for this school, from initial design through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's future multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the appointment of a design team for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [4443/11]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a project to provide a new school building for the school to which he refers has been announced as one of the projects to commence the process of appointing a design team under my Department's 2011 Multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. My officials will be in further contact with the school authority in due course relating to the steps to be taken to progress the project.