The new school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. It has a band 2 rating. My Department's officials recently wrote to the school authorities requesting a stage 4/5 submission, detail design/bills of quantities, and a response is awaited.
My officials are nearing completion of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005.
All projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria, agreed earlier this year with the education partners. Each project will be assigned a band rating and the progress of all projects will be considered in the context of the programme from 2005.
Following conclusion of the current Estimates and budgetary process I intend to publish the 2005 building programme which will operate in a multi-annual framework.