The provision of accommodation for the amalgamated school in County Galway referred to has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which was revised following consultation with the education partners. Progress on this project is being considered in the context of the schools building programme.
I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 school building programme which provided details of 122 major school building projects which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005.This announcement is the first in a series I plan to make in the coming period on the schools building and modernisation programme that will include details of schools identified as suitable for construction under public private partnerships; an expansion of the number of schools that will be invited to deliver their building projects on the basis of devolved funding; details of schools with projects approved under the 2005 summer works scheme; schools whose projects will further progress through the design process; schools that will be authorised to commence architectural planning.
