Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2005
1241 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of the refurbishment and rebuilding of a school (details supplied) as promised by her Department in 2001 and 2002; if her attention has been drawn to the severe deterioration in the quality of the school; and if she will make capital funding available for the school in 2005. [2036/05]
View answerThe large-scale 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.
Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the school building programme and the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 programme that provided details of 122 major school building projects country wide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005.
This 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.
