Vol. 571 No. 1
494 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed secondary school for Newport, County Mayo; the position in relation to the review that was being carried out; if a decision has been made on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20062/03]
The position in regard to Newport is that the review includes a transparent consultative process in relation to the planning of future educational development in the surrounding post-primary school catchment areas. The process is aimed at obtaining the observations of all interested parties before a final decision is made in relation to the optimal configuration of education provision in the general area of County Mayo, including Newport. It is intended that this review will be completed before the end of the year.
The school building programme will be published early in 2004 and will indicate projects which will proceed during the course of the year. The scale of the programme will be dependant on the level of funding being made available for capital projects through the budgetary process.
