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Schools Building Projects

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Questions (146)

Brendan Smith

Question:

146 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the proposed building project is at for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next stage; when this project is likely to proceed to construction stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36122/12]

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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. The Design Team are currently working on the Stage 1 Submission (Preliminary Sketch Design) and, when complete, the school will forward this submission to my Department for review. Due to competing demands on the Departments capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing demographic requirements it was not possible to include the project referred to by the Deputy in the 5 year construction programme announced in March.

School building projects, including the project referred to by the Deputy, which have not been included in the five year construction programme, but which were announced for initial inclusion in the building programme will continue to be progressed to final planning stages in anticipation of the possibility of further funds being available to the Department in future years.

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