Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been included on the recent major schools building projects list considering that this school was on a previous list announced by the previous Minister for Education. [15284/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In view of the need to ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of major school projects to meet the demographic demands nationally will be the main focus for capital investment in schools in the coming years. The five year programme announced recently is focused on meeting those demographic needs. In that context, it was not possible to advance all applications for capital funding concurrently.

The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. A stage 2(b) submission was recently reviewed by my Department and the design team were requested to revise and resubmit the submission.

School building projects currently in architectural planning, including the project referred to by the Deputy, will continue to be advanced incrementally over time within the context of the funding available.

However, in light of current competing demands on the Department's capital budget, it is not possible to progress this project to tender and construction stage at this time.