Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 December 2004
360 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to review the requirement to build a new school for a school (details supplied) in Kilkenny in view of the additional information she received on her recent visit to the school; her views on the need to include this school in the 2005 schools building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33140/04]
View answerFollowing notification of an apparent revised demand for capital investment from the school referred to by the Deputy, officials from the building unit of my Department will be in contact with the school authority to clarify the matter.
In the meantime, the school's application will be considered as part of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme. Under this review, all projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria which were revised earlier this year following consultation 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 school building programme from 2005 onwards.
