Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55756/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA), from the school in question.

The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.

The school authorities have been notified of the progress on this assessment which is nearing completion following which a final decision will issue directly to the school.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the ongoing delay in providing a long awaited and necessary extension on health and safety grounds for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55812/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy recently completed Stage 2(b) Detailed Design and was authorised to proceed to tender stage on 27th October. A Tender stage normally takes between 6-8 months to complete. The project is expected to commence on site early in Quarter 2 of 2022.