Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the findings of the report following the pilot study on school accommodation in five areas as announced by his Department in June 2012. [35142/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The purpose of the pilot study undertaken by my Department was to develop an inventory of education infrastructure and related community assets in five areas in the country. The geographic areas included for the pilot study were Tuam, Navan, Clonmel, Portlaoise, and part of Limerick City. The research information gathered from this pilot study was in a format compatible with current Department information systems, such as the Geographic Information System (GIS). This allows my Department to overlay the new information such as site maps, floor plans and other data on to its current GIS mapping system. It is the intention that this expanded inventory data will now be developed on an incremental basis at a national level.

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of schools in County Limerick that have been approved for additional accommodation and emergency works from January 2012 to July 2013 and a value on each of these projects.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35182/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is available on my Departments website at www.education.gov.ie by clicking on 'Schools and Colleges', then 'Building Works' and selecting the relevant headings. The Deputy will appreciate that information on the levels of funding approved are commercially sensitive and cannot be released until the projects have been fully completed.