Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 May 2004
145 Ms Harkin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have applied for temporary accommodation; the number that have been sanctioned for 2004; the advice given by officials in his Department to those schools who will be unable to accommodate new pupils in September 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14712/04]
View answerApplications for temporary accommodation are received on an ongoing basis within my Department's school planning section. All applications on hand at 31 March 2004 have been assessed for the purchase of temporary accommodation in 2004 and details of successful applications are published in section 10 of the revised 2004 school building programme which is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie
All applications with an absolute and demonstrated need for additional accommodation were approved. Unsuccessful applications will be considered in the context of a review which is being undertaken of all projects that did not proceed as part of the 2004 school building programme with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual school building programme from 2005, details of which will be announced later in the year.
