Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40734/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a devolved grant under my Departments Additional Accommodation Scheme 2016 to provide one Mainstream classroom and one Resource classroom.

The school recently submitted a Stage 1/2A (early design stage) report including a request for additional funding. The school has been given permission to proceed to planning permission stage and to revert to the Department once planning permission has been obtained. This approach will allow any planning permission conditions attaching to be costed in to the overall project costs. A decision on any necessary funding uplift for the project will be taken at that time when all associated costings should be known.