Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2006
538 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Education and Science the schools that have been approved for improvement or building works under the various schemes now in operation in her Department; the total moneys made available for improvement or building works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32952/06]
View answerI am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department is delivering a record school building programme which is transforming the standard of school accommodation throughout the country. Between 2000 and 2005, over €2 billion was spent on educational infrastructure on over 6,500 individual school building projects.
In 2006 my Department is funding the delivery of circa. 1,300 school building projects with an investment this year of over €500m. My Department's 5 year multi-annual capital envelope which currently amounts to a total of €3.9 billion will enable my Department to continue to take a pro-active approach to modernising school accommodation. Details of the rolling series of my announcements on the school building programme are available on my Department's website.
