Vol. 547 No. 1
1244 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by Scoil Bhríde national school, Portlaoise, County Laois, to have additional accommodation provided (details supplied). [1906/02]
The allocation for primary buildings in 2002 is 153.6 million, which is a record level of funding and demonstrates this Government's commitment to improving the accommodation situation in primary schools. This is almost four times the previous Government's investment in 1997.
Because of the greatly increased level of activity in the primary buildings area since this Government came into office, there has been a substantial increase in the number of major and minor building projects in construction and this has given rise to a record level of building and refurbishment activity.
A proposed building project for Scoil Bhríde national school, Portlaoise will proceed to architectural planning and to the preparation of tender documents, as soon as it is possible to do so, under the expanded building programme.
