Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 June 2004
146 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science when approval for the provision of a classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be granted in which a teacher has already been approved. [18009/04]
View answerThe school referred to by the Deputy applied for an additional temporary classroom for September 2004 on the grounds that it would be due an additional teaching appointment.
In the context of the available funding, and the number of applications for that funding, it was not possible to approve all applications for temporary accommodation this year and only those with an absolute and demonstrated need for additional accommodation were approved. All other schools are required, as an interim measure, to maximise the use of existing accommodation until my Department is in a position to make extra accommodation available.
