Michael Creed
Question:394 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a proposed new Gaelscoil at a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [3436/02]
Written Answers. - Schools Building Projects.
The allocation for primary buildings in 2002 is €153.6 million, which is a record level of funding and demonstrates the Government's commitment to improving accommodation in primary schools. This is almost four times the previous Government's investment in 1997. Due to the greatly increased level of activity in the primary buildings area since the Government came into office, there has been a substantial increase in the number of major and minor building projects in construction and this has given rise to a record level of building and refurbishment activity. The school referred to by the Deputy will proceed to architectural planning and to the preparation of tender documents, as soon as possible, under the expanded building programme.