Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41848/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I wish to confirm that my Department received an application for capital funding in 2018 for a new sports hall, from the school referred to by the Deputy.  

As the Deputy is aware, under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the school sector capital investment programme.  This funding allows for a continued focus on the provision of new permanent school places to keep pace with demographic demand and also provides for an additional focus on the refurbishment of existing school buildings, to include the building and modernisation of PE facilities in post-primary schools.

Under Project Ireland 2040, we will invest €8.4 billion (compared to €4.9 billion in the previous decade) in primary and post primary school buildings.  The government is committed to a PE Hall build and modernisation programme, starting in the second half of the Project Ireland 2040 period.