Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the status of the five-year schools building programme; the number of schools on the original programme that have been completed or are on course to be completed this year; if a new programme is being prepared; and, if so, when it is envisaged it will be launched. [22025/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's Five Year Construction Plan, announced in 2012, contains details of the 275 major school projects that are planned to commence construction over the duration of the period of the Plan. In addition, arising from the Government's stimulus funding package, a further 44 school projects are also being progressed to construction.

That announcement also included a commitment to publish an annual construction programme. The current status in relation to the projects contained in the annual programmes for the four years, 2012, 2013, 2014 and the current year 2015, is published on my Department's web-site which is updated regularly. To date, 88 projects contained in the Five Year Plan have been completed.

I expect to announce a successor programme later this year. As part of the process, a detailed nationwide demographic exercise is currently being carried out by my Department to determine where school accommodation will be required.