Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reimbursement of fees and charges incurred as part of the process of identifying and acquiring a site for the proposed amalgamated primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [7866/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In 2002, agreement was reached to amalgamate the two primary schools referred to by the Deputy. The application for capital funding to facilitate this amalgamation was assessed and assigned a band rating of 1.4. The school authority engaged the services of a consultant to provide input into their proposals for a new greenfield site for the amalgamated school. However at no time did the Department undertake to meet the costs associated with same. In 2010 my Department approached County Cork Vocational Education Committee seeking their assistance towards identifying a suitable site for this proposed amalgamation. The acquisition of the site and the delivery of the school building project will be considered in the context of the capital budget available to my Department for school buildings generally.