Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the efforts of a school (details supplied) in County Galway to secure funding for a new school building in Ornamore [7010/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The process of acquiring a site for the new school building for the school, to which the Deputy refers, is at an advanced stage. It is intended that the school project concerned, which is included on the Five Year Capital Investment programme announced in March 2012, will progress to construction in 2015/16.

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received an application in respect of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and the stage at which the application is currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning.

The Design Team are currently working on the completion of Stage 2b of the project which includes Planning Permission, Fire Certification and the Disability Access Certificate. Planning permission was recently granted by the Local Authority.

Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing demographic requirements, it was not possible to include this project in the five year construction programme announced last March.

Schools which have not been included in the five year construction programme, but which were announced for initial inclusion in the building programme continue to be progressed to final planning stages in anticipation of the possibility of further funds being available to my Department in future years. The project referred to by the Deputy remains available to be considered for further progression in that context.