Vol. 556 No. 4
152 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a refurbishment to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied) detailing the desperate state of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20752/02]
My Department has an extensive primary school building programme for 2002 under way at present, details of which are available on my Department's website at www.education.ie.
In view of the extensive nature of the programme, my Department has no plans at present to start architectural planning for further major primary school building projects. My Department will review the position in the light of the allocation to be made for the primary building programme in the forthcoming budget.
In the meantime, the board of management of the school in question should ensure that essential health and safety issues at the school are attended to. It should therefore continue to use the devolved grant for minor works and if the cost of any works of an emergency nature exceeds the amount available under the devolved grant, it may apply to my Department's building unit for grant aid.
