Seán Crowe
Question:19 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason St. Killian’s junior school, Kingswood, Dublin 24, was not among the schools to benefit from the additional €30 million investment. [5300/04]
View answerThursday, 19 February 2004
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A project at St. Killian's junior national school in Tallaght is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The project is linked to and being progressed as part of a project at St. Killian's senior school since both schools are located on the same campus. The project at the junior school consists of renovations to the school, roof repairs, fencing and associated works. Crucially, there is no deficit of classroom accommodation at either schools and, accordingly, the project has been assigned a band three priority rating.
In selecting projects to expend the additional €30 million allocated on budget day, schools were chosen on the basis of their band rating and the need to replace poor quality existing accommodation and/or the ability of the projects in question to draw down funding during 2004. Since none of these criteria applied in the case of St. Killian's junior national school, the project was not included.
The Deputy will be aware of the multi-annual allocations for capital investment in educational infrastructure covering the years 2004-08. All projects that are not going to construction as part of the 2004 capital programme will be reviewed with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005 onwards. St. Killian's junior school will be included in this review. The outcome of the review will be the subject of a further announcement later in the year.