Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 December 2005
320 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science if an application will be approved with her primary building unit for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39831/05]
View answerThe school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria which was revised last year following consultation with the education partners.
The project is being considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2005-2009.
321 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved for an application submitted to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39838/05]
View answerThe school referred to by the Deputy has made applications for funding under the additional accommodation scheme and summer works scheme 2006.
All applications under these schemes are currently being examined in the school planning section of my Department. The list of successful applicants will be published when the assessment process is completed.
322 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 28 September 2005, if the assessment has been completed by the school planning section of her Department; the progress on obtaining a site for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39839/05]
View answerThe application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria which was revised last year following consultation with the education partners.
The proposed project, including the acquisition of a site, is being considered for progression in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2005-2009.
323 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1177 of 28 September 2005, if she will review the ongoing delay in progressing a project in County Leitrim; if the project will be expedited; if she will meet with a deputation from the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39841/05]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that, as explained in the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 1177 of 28 September 2005, progress on the next stages of the building project must await resolution of legal issues regarding the site which is being acquired under the statutory redress scheme under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002.
324 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage two submission in connection with the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will sanction further progress on this project. [39846/05]
View answer344 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of extra classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40024/05]
View answer381 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when phase two will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40062/05]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 324, 344 and 381 together.
The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. A stage two submission has not yet been received.
My Department's officials wrote to the school authorities in September 2005 advising them that they should now proceed to prepare and submit a stage two submission, that is a developed sketch scheme. The school authorities have advised that they expect to have the stage two submission with my Department by the middle of the week commencing 19 December 2005.
As the board of management is the client for this project, responsibility for ensuring that this time frame is maintained lies with it. Further progression of the project can be made when the stage two submission is received.
325 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in acquiring a site for a new national school for Kill, County Kildare; if a site has been identified in conjunction with officials from Kildare County Council; if negotiations are under way to purchase same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39848/05]
View answer349 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the past six months on the identification of a site and provision of a new primary school at Kill, County Kildare; the precise stage of the negotiations; if these issues will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40029/05]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 325 and 349 together.
The property management section of the OPW has been requested to source a site for a new national school for Kill, County Kildare. The Commissioners of Public Works are in correspondence with Kildare County Council regarding potential options for the acquisition of a site for the new school facility. A meeting is scheduled to take place early in the new year.
