An application for major capital investment from Scoil Mhuire Fatima, Dublin Road, Drogheda is under consideration in my Department. It is considered that the best option for providing accommodation for this school is to build a new school on a site which is in the ownership of the parish.
The timing of when this project can commence architectural planning is dependent on the financial allocation for 2004 and subsequent years and the competing priorities for that funding by reference to the published criteria for prioritising large-scale projects. In the interim, my Department is providing grant aid of €300,000 for the school authority to carry out emergency works at the school. It is expected that these works will be carried out this year.