Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2053/16]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will look favourably on an application for a grant for a general practitioner room for a school the population of which has doubled in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2121/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 422 together.

I can confirm that my Department has received an application for the provision of a General Purpose Room from the school in question.

I wish to advise the Deputy that due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise available funding towards the provision of essential classroom accommodation, it is not possible at this point to provide an indicative timeframe for the provision of funding for the facility sought.

As the Deputy will be aware, my Department recently sanctioned a major capital project at the school comprising eight additional classrooms to meet the school's immediate accommodation needs. My Department provided in excess of €1.2m for the project, which was completed last November.