Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 124 of 4 March 2014, if he will clarify what he means by phase one of the process to meeting the long-term accommodation needs of a school in County Mayo; if he will clarify what phase two and any subsequent phases will entail. [13599/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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An all-in-devolved grant has been approved for the school referred to by the Deputy to provide 3 permanent replacement en-suite mainstream classrooms with some additional ancillary accommodation. These replacement classrooms will greatly enhance the schools accommodation and represents phase I of the process to meet the school's long term needs.

Phase II would include the provision of replacement ancillary accommodation including, for example, a staff room, and multi-purpose room. Given the current financial constraints within which my Department is operating, the position is that priority is being given to school applications for essential mainstream classroom and special education accommodation. In this regard, the provision of ancillary accommodation cannot be prioritised at this time.