Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the €800,000 in capital funding for the upgrading of the old vocational education committee building in Roscommon town, which has been earmarked for use as a sub office of the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10323/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has received an application from Galway and Roscommon ETB regarding funding for the upgrading of the sub office located in Roscommon town. My Department has had engagement with personnel in the ETB in relation to this matter. There are many competing demands for capital investment within the education sector and this application will be considered within that context. Such consideration will also take account of the scope for any alternative cost-effective options which may be open to the ETB. In this context, further exploration will be required before a decision can be made in relation to the proposal and my Department has been in touch with the ETB in relation to same.