Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 May 2004
169 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the €634,869.04 allocated to Scoil Mhuire gan Smál secondary school, Blarney, County Cork, in 1997 has not been paid for the development of a school and community sports hall. [12564/04]
View answerThe school authorities of Scoil Mhuire gan Smál secondary school, Blarney, were advised that their project could progress through architectural planning. Projects in architectural design do not automatically proceed to tender stage after completion of design stages. This project was not approved to proceed to construction in the schools building programme. When I published the 2004 schools building programme, I stated that my strategy will be grounded in capital investment based on multi-annual allocations. My officials are reviewing all projects which were not authorised to proceed to construction as part of the 2004 programme with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005. I expect to be in a position to make further announcements on this matter in the course of the year. The proposed project at Scoil Mhuire gan Smál secondary school, Blarney, will be considered in this regard.
