Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 July 2004
56 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the use of general purpose rooms for classroom space is unacceptable; if his national school planning section will not recommend the use of general purpose rooms for classrooms; if he will re-examine the application for temporary accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19424/04]
View answer58 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the fact that the use of general purpose rooms for classroom space is unacceptable; if his national school planning section will not recommend the use of general purpose rooms for classrooms; if he will re-examine the application for temporary accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18900/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 58 together.
While an application for additional accommodation was received from the school to which the Deputy refers, 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.
