Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will issue without further delay in respect of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51521/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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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 for modular accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy.

My department has a significant modular accommodation programme in place to assist schools in the provision of additional capacity, including in respect of facilitating the establishment of special classes. This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as quickly as possible and help ease the administrative workload for school authorities in relation to the management and delivery of projects.

A Project Manager has been appointed from the Department’s Modular Framework for the school in question and will complete a comprehensive viability report of the school site.

The viability report will be submitted to my department officials on completion for consideration.

The school authority will be contacted directly when the viability report is reviewed in full.