Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for major capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10857/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for a school building project. In accordance with the published criteria for large scale building projects, the project for this school has been assigned a Band 2 rating.

Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works, including this project, is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie. 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 the Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing demands on the Department's capital budget, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of a project for the school in question at this time.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further progress has been made with an application for a school (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the Major Capital Building Programme for 2011 was announced earlier this year. Unfortunately, due to the numbers of applications for major capital works, the Department was unable to include this project.

Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works, including the project referred to by the Deputy, is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie.

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 the Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing demands on the capital budget of the Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of the project at this time.

The acquisition of a site for the provision of a new school referred to by the Deputy was at Contract stage. However, following the planning authority's refusal of planning permission for the proposed new school building, my officials have been reviewing the case and have been liaising with the Chief State Solicitor's Office regarding the refusal, as the contract for the site acquisition was subject to planning permission being secured.