Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2004
137 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if a new school building would be approved for construction on a site obtained by the Office of Public Works for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the timeframe for the project. [18278/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe large-scale building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is listed in section 8 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. This project has been assigned a band 1 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large-scale projects. It is planned to progress this project to advanced architectural planning during 2004.
Indicative timescales have been included for large-scale projects proceeding to tender in 2004. The budget announcement regarding multi-annual capital envelopes will enable me to adopt a multi-annual framework for the school building programme, which in turn will give greater clarity regarding projects that are not progressing to tender in this year's programme including the Holy Spirit special school. I will make a further announcement in that regard during the year.
