The application for capital funding towards the accommodation needs of the school referred to has been assessed by my officials and a decision taken to provide funding towards a new 24 classroom school to replace the existing school building, on a site to be provided by the Patron for that purpose.
As part of the Patron's plans for future primary education provision in Ennis,
a proposal has been received from the Patron which involves the re-location of
the school from its existing site at Kilrush Road to a site at Ashline, which
has recently been rezoned by the local authority for educational use. This
proposal is being considered by my officials at present. When a final decision
is taken on the site for the school, the building project required to
facilitate delivery of the school building will be considered in the context of
the School Building and Modernization programme 2006 — 2010.