The school referred to by the Deputy applied to my Department for grant aid towards the construction of additional accommodation consisting of a remedial room, library area, medical room and staff-administration area. The project has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria, which were revised following consultation with the education partners, and its progress, including delivery type, is being considered in the context of the school building programme. In this regard, the Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the first phase of the 2005 school building programme which provided details of 122 major school building projects country wide which will prepare tenders and move to construction during 2005.
This announcement is the first in a series of announcements I plan to make in the coming period in relation to 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 and schools that will be authorised to commence architectural planning. The project is in the early stages of architectural planning.