Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for a building project submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is aware of the inappropriate and deteriorating conditions of existing accommodation at the school; the timeframe within which this project will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37916/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application for major capital funding.

As the Deputy may be aware, the Government's €27billion capital programme provides for a significant capital funding investment in the education system over the next six years with some €3.8 billion in direct funding to be invested in education projects. The six-year plan will prioritise new building projects as well as major extensions to provide significant additional capacity to meet demographic growth in areas where such need has been identified. It also prioritises projects that have a major deficit of mainstream accommodation capacity in respect of current enrolments, require major refurbishment and replacement of poor accommodation and which will also provide additional accommodation to meet increases in enrolments.

School building projects, including the project in question, which have not been included in the current Five Year programme, will be progressed within my Department's architectural planning process and are available to be considered in the context of the new 6 Year Construction Plan that I intend to announce in the coming weeks.