Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is one of the schools identified for needing major extensions or new buildings between now and 2017. [10040/12]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if building work will commence on a school (details supplied) build project this year. [10041/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 56 together.

As the Deputy is aware, an application for planning permission forms part of the site acquisition process for the school to which they refer. A draft design for the school was discussed with the school authority and the design is currently being revised in light of those discussions. The current position of all projects on the school building programme, including this project, may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie. Details in relation to projects are updated regularly during the year.

As the Deputy is also aware, I have already indicated in the context of the announcement on the 10th November 2011 last of the Government's Medium Term Infrastructure and Capital Investment Framework, which sets out the demographic challenge facing the education system in the coming years, that I intend to publish shortly a five year plan outlining the projects that will commence construction in that time. In addition to the five year plan, my Department is committed to publishing a detailed plan on an annual basis in relation to planned expenditure on individual major school projects commencing construction. The first of these in relation to 2012 expenditure was published in December 2011 last. Information in respect of the plan for 2012 is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie.