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Schools Building Projects.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004

Tuesday, 23 March 2004

Ceisteanna (246)

Paul Connaughton

Ceist:

246 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when phase 1 of this school will commence; if phase 1 will be included in the small schools devolved initiative scheme; if so, when his Department will grant approval for this project; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this school will increase from a five class teacher to a six class teacher school in September 2004; if this attention has further been drawn to the fact that there are only two proper classrooms in the school, together with two sub-standard classrooms and a pre-fab for the other three teachers; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that in September 2004 another class will have to use a pre-fab, that the full-time resource teacher is currently housed in a pre-fab and that the shared learning support teacher based in the school works from a small kitchen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/04]

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The proposed large scale building project for Killeeneen national school, Craughwell, County Galway, is listed in section 9 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. This project is at early stages of architectural planning. It has been assigned a band 3 rating in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large-scale projects. This school will not be considered for inclusion in the small and rural schools initiative as the scheme is aimed at schools with a total mainstream classroom requirement of four or less.

When publishing the 2004 school building programme, I outlined that my strategy going forward will be grounded in capital investment based on multi-annual allocations. My officials are reviewing all projects which were not authorised to proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme, with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual school building programme from 2005 and I expect to be in a position to make further announcements on this matter in the course of the year.

I am aware that Killeeneen national school will increase to a six teacher school in September 2004. Officials in my Department's school planning section are currently assessing applications for temporary accommodation.

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