asked the Minister for Education if he will state the position regarding the repairs and the extension to the Sisters of Charity schools, Parnell Street, Waterford.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Repair and Extension of Waterford Schools.
Sketch plans for the reconstruction and improvement of St. Joseph's Convent National School, Parnell Street, Waterford, have been prepared by the manager's architect and have been approved by the Commissioners of Public Works and by my Department. The other arrangements which are a necessary preliminary to the sanction of a grant towards the cost of the scheme have been completed.
In view, however, of the great number of cases of the erection of new schools and the enlargement and improvement of existing schools which are maturing for grants, it may, having regard to the availability of money, be necessary to give precedence, in the matter of the allocation of grants, to the more urgent cases. That being so, it is possible that my Department may not be in a position to sanction a grant within the current financial year towards the cost of the proposed scheme at St. Joseph's Convent National School.