Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that have been approved, including the value of the improvements, to a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [18035/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved a devolved grant for the construction of an ASD Unit under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2014.

A devolved project allows individual school authorities the means to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives them day to day control of their building project. It is a central tenet of the devolved schemes that responsibility for the management of a project, including cost control, the timing of tendering and construction rests with the school authority.

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.

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new classrooms that have been sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [18036/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I can advise that the school referred to by the Deputy was provided with Schedules of Accommodation in February 2014. Seven Mainstream Classrooms and one SET Room are to be provided as part of Phase 1 of a building project at the school in question.

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to approve additional facilities for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [18037/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is not in receipt of a current application for additional accommodation from the school referred to. It is open however to the school authority to submit an application for any additional facilities for consideration to my Department.

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if applications for additional facilities have been received for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and the timeline for progressing these plans. [18039/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has submitted an application for additional learning support/resource classroom accommodation.

The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authorities as soon as this process has been completed.