An application in respect of an extension at the Holy Faith/De la Salle secondary school, Skerries, County Dublin, has been received and processed in my Department. A schedule of accommodation, consisting of general classrooms, specialists rooms and PE hall, to be provided in the proposed new extension has been forwarded to the school authorities and officials in the planning and building unit of my Department are currently awaiting the written agreement of the school authority. Once this agreement is received, arrangements will be put in place for the appointment of a design team. It is my intention that architectural planning of the extension for Holy Faith/De la Salle will be initiated at the earliest opportunity.