Vol. 573 No. 3
395 Mr. O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the reason there is a significant delay in the proposed extension to Scoil Uí Mhuirí, which is a County Louth VEC School in Dunleer, County Louth. [25622/03]
The large-scale building project for Scoil Uí Mhuirí is listed in section 6 of the 2003 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. This project is at stage 4-5 of architectural planning. It has been assigned a ‘band 2' rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large-scale projects.
Projects listed in sections 6 and 7 will not be authorised to progress beyond their current stage of architectural planning at this time. Budgetary provisions in 2004 and subsequent years will determine the rate of progression to tender and construction of these projects in conjunction with the band rating individually assigned.
