Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on constructing temporary classroom accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The overall policy goal of my Department is to ensure the highest standard of permanent accommodation for all schools. In the context of a rapidly increasing school population and competing pressure on the capital budget available to my Department, it is sometimes necessary to make use of temporary accommodation in order to meet the accommodation needs of schools. Since July 2008, schools allocated devolved funding for the provision of additional accommodation are given the option to use their capital grant aid to build a permanent classroom(s) rather than purchase a prefab. This has reduced the usage of prefabricated accommodation, with the majority of schools opting to build permanent classroom extensions instead of purchasing or renting prefabs.