Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2005
1136 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission for a project has been granted to the board of management of a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will give approval for the project to proceed without further delay. [1692/05]
View answerThe extension and refurbishment project at the school to which the Deputy refers has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners and will be considered under the 2005 school building programme. The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 school building programme which provided details of 122 major school building projects country wide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005.
This announcement is the first in a series of announcements I plan to make in the coming period in relation to the schools building and modernisation programme that will include details of schools identified as suitable for construction under public private partnerships; an expansion of the number of schools that will be invited to deliver their building projects on the basis of devolved funding; details of schools with projects approved under the 2005 summer works scheme; schools whose projects will further progress through the design process; and schools that will be authorised to commence architectural planning.
