John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an approval for tender documents submitted by a primary school (details supplied) in County Wexford will issue. [14916/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which he refers was recently authorised to commence the award process.

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14924/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension. The application will be assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and a band rating will be assigned if appropriate. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie. The progression of all large scale building projects, including any project at this school, 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 the Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of any project at this school at this time.

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14925/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for an extension. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building 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.

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 the Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of the project at this time.