Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence in respect of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9343/14]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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An application for funding to rent temporary school accommodation, for the 2012/13 school year, was submitted by the school in question on the 26th June 2012. My Department sanctioned funding for this request on 3rd July 2012.

At that time the school also advised that they had been allocated an additional mainstream teacher for the 2012/13 school year which would have facilitated an enrolment in excess of 100 children; the projected enrolment figure for 2012/13 provided by the school authorities, at that time, was 93.

The above information formed the basis of my Department's conclusion that the school was not full.

Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra classrooms in respect of a college (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Following a meeting between my Department and the school, referred to by the Deputy, in respect of its application for additional accommodation, a devolved grant was approved in May last for the provision of 3 permanent general classrooms for the school in question. Further funding was granted in July 2013 to provide disability access for the school.

In December last, the school sought an extension of time to end March 2014 for the drawdown of funding in respect of the above grants and approval was granted.