Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new staffroom and hall facility at a school (details supplied) in County Clare. [13321/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority referred to by the Deputy.  Supplementary information has been requested from the school authority and once this has been received, and the assessment completed, a decision will be conveyed directly to the school authority.

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 main focus of resources over the last decade and for the coming period is on provision of additional capacity to cater for increasing demographics. The second half of the National Development Plan will see an increasing focus on the upgrade and refurbishment of the existing school stock. This will include a PE Hall/GP Room build and modernisation programme to ensure that students in all schools have appropriate facilities to support PE provision.