Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision regarding an application for funding for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42885/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for additional school accommodation.

The application is currently being assessed and my Department expects to be in a position to convey a decision on the application to the school shortly.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the prefab replacement programme for schools; and the length of time a school can expect to be waiting for inclusion in this programme. [42893/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, it is my intention in accordance with the Programme for Government to replace school prefabs with permanent accommodation over the lifetime of my Department's capital programme 2016-2021.

To enable this development, my Department will be carrying out an assessment of the number of prefabs being used in schools to deliver the curriculum and to determine whether or not individual prefabs need to be replaced in the context of the long-term accommodation needs of each school involved. It is intended that this assessment when finalised will enable the replacement of such prefabs to commence in 2019.