John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1040/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The current status of all projects on the school building programme, including the school referred to by the Deputy, may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie and this will be updated regularly throughout the year. The Government's Medium Term Infrastructure and Capital Investment Framework, which was published on 10th November 2011, sets out the demographic challenge facing the education system in the coming years. In view of the need to ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of major school projects and smaller projects devolved to schools to meet the demographic demands nationally as well as the demands in the area to which the Deputy refers, will be the main focus for capital investment in schools in the coming years. I have previously committed to publishing shortly a five year plan outlining the school building projects to be constructed in that time.