I propose to take Questions Nos. 705 and 711 together
The school building programme for 2003 has been published and full details in relation to individual projects are available on my Department's website at www.education.ie. Given the level of financial commitments to be met from projects already under construction, my Department does not envisage that it will be a position to allow further large scale projects, including that at Kill, to commence architectural planning this year.
The timing of when a site can be acquired and the project can commence architectural planning is dependent on the financial allocation for 2004 and subsequent years together with the competing priorities for this funding by reference to the published criteria for prioritising large-scale projects.