Vol. 573 No. 3
396 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in regard to the provision of the extra facilities required at Sallins national school, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25635/03]
398 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has taken place or action which is proposed to address the accommodation issues at Robertstown national school, Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/03]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 398 together.
The large-scale building projects for Sallins and Robertstown national schools are listed in section 6 of the 2003 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. These projects are at stage 4/5 of architectural planning – detailed design/bill of quantities. They have 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. In the meantime, individual schools should, as appropriate, use their devolved grant to deal with any urgent health and safety works.
