School Accommodation.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2004

Tuesday, 6 July 2004

Questions (258)

Olwyn Enright

Question:

291 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the extremely poor conditions at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly, where they have been forced to convert their only cloakrooms into resource teaching rooms, are using a dilapidated 34 year old prefab, which was only supposed to be used for two years; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the school has a growing enrolment; when it can expect progress to be made on the provision of new facilities at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/04]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey)

The need for additional accommodation at the school to which the Deputy refers 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 it as part of a multi-annual school building programme from 2005, details of which will be announced later in the year.