School Accommodation.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 October 2007

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

Questions (198)

Paul Connaughton

Question:

267 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school in County Galway and the increase in pupils over the past few years; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that the resource teacher must use the staff room to teach, the school still uses two portocabins as staff rooms, the special teacher for the non Irish national population is confined to the classroom and the overcrowding at the only two toilets at the school; the stage the proposed extension has reached in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22931/07]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Deputy Mary Hanafin)

An application for capital funding towards the provision of an extension has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The assessment of the long term projected staffing, on which the schools accommodation needs are based is required. Once the long term projection has been determined and agreed with the school authorities the building project will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation programme.