Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2005
463 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be taken on the provision of a prefabricated classroom for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4556/05]
View answerAn 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 by reference to the published criteria, in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish a list of the successful applicants soon.
The school has also applied for a major building project. That application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners and this project is being considered for the 2005 school building programme.
I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 school building programme which provided details of 122 major school building projects countrywide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005. This is the first in a series of announcements I plan to make about 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; schools that will be authorised to commence architectural planning.
