Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of deficient or prefabricated school buildings replaced by her Department in respect of primary level and secondary level schools in the past five years; the degree to which she expects to continue this programme in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26401/15]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of deficient or prefabricated school buildings replaced by her Department in respect of primary and second level schools in the past five years throughout County Kildare; the degree to which she expects to continue this programme in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26407/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 584 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format requested however, a total of 93 new primary schools and 36 new post-primary schools were completed over the five year period 2010 to 2014. Of these, 8 primary schools and 1 post primary school were in County Kildare. For the immediate future the Deputy will be aware from the school building programme announcement last December, that there is a total of 196 large scale projects either at construction or with approval to advance to construction. These large scale projects include 91 new primary and 29 new post primary schools.

Under my Department's Prefab Replacement Initiatives 2012 and 2013 approval was given to 217 schools (209 primary and 8 post-primary) to replace 614 prefab units with permanent accommodation. In excess of €57m has been allocated to these initiatives. 7 primary schools in Co. Kildare were allocated funding to replace 28 prefab classrooms with permanent buildings.