Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a progress report on a new school (details supplied) planned for County Cork; when work on the project will commence; and if he will explain his position on the issue in view of the fact that the matter is now in its 14th year. [12348/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for capital funding for the provision of a new school. The application has been assessed in accordance with published prioritisation criteria for large scale projects and assigned a band 2 rating.

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.

My Department is working with Cork County Council to identify a suitable site. Given the commercially sensitive nature of this matter, it would not be appropriate to provide any further information at this time. Once a suitable site has been acquired, the proposed building project will be considered in the context of the capital budget available to my Department for school buildings generally.