I am not aware of a request from Athy Town Council to meet with a delegation to discuss the provision of a new school building for Athy community college. The building project for the school is at early architectural planning and it has a band three rating.
The position generally is that my officials are nearing completion of a review of all projects which did not proceed to construction as part of the 2004 school building programme with a view to including them as part of a multi-annual programme from 2005. All projects are being assessed against the published prioritisation criteria, agreed earlier this year with the education partners. Each project will be assigned a band rating and the progress of all projects, including Athy community college, will be considered in the context of the programme from 2005.
Following conclusion of the current estimates and budgetary process, I intend to publish the 2005 building programme which will operate in a multi-annual framework