The large scale building project for Sallins national school, Sallins, County Kildare, is listed in section 6 of the 2003 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie This project is at stage 4/5 of architectural planning, detailed design-bill of quantities. It has been assigned a band 2 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large scale projects.
I intend to publish details of the 2004 school building programme by early January at the latest. The programme will clarify what progress is planned for projects, such as that proposed for Sallins national school during 2004.