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School Accommodation.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 December 2004

Wednesday, 15 December 2004

Questions (245, 246)

Emmet Stagg

Question:

258 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are funds available to allocate to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable the provision of temporary classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33711/04]

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Written answers

An application for temporary accommodation has been received from the school authority to which the Deputy refers. All applications for temporary accommodation for the 2005-06 school year are being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish a list of the successful applicants early in the new year.

Emmet Stagg

Question:

259 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are funds available to allocate to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable the provision of temporary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33712/04]

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An application for temporary accommodation was received from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. All applications for temporary accommodation were considered by the school planning section of my Department in the context of the available funding for 2004 and the number of applications for it. Unfortunately, it was not possible to approve all applications received and only those with an absolute and demonstrated need for additional accommodation were approved.

The need for additional accommodation at the school is, however, being considered as part of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme. Under the review, all projects are 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. It should be noted that no application for temporary accommodation for the 2005-06 school year has been received from the school authority.

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