Vol. 552 No. 1
726 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if an application for improved accommodation at St. Patrick's national school, Clogh, County Kilkenny can be expedited; the stage this project is at; and when it will be approved for the next stage. [11471/02]
The allocation for primary buildings in 2002 is €153.6 million, which is a record level of funding and demonstrates this Government's commitment to improving the accommodation situation in primary schools. This is almost four times the previous Government's investment in 1997. Because of the greatly increased level of activity in the primary buildings area since this 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. My Department will give detailed consideration this year to an application from the authorities of St. Patrick's national school, Clogh, Castlecomer for grant-aid towards improved accommodation as part of the Government's expanded building programme.
