Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10946/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for the provision of a PE hall for 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 school classroom accommodation, it is not possible at this point to provide an indicative timeframe for the provision of funding for the facility in question.

In that regard, however, my Department devolved funding in excess of €985,000 to the school concerned in 2015 for the provision of five additional general classrooms, one ASD post primary class unit and conversion works to meet the schools immediate accommodation needs.