The school referred to by the Deputy applied under the additional accommodation scheme 2006 for one mainstream classroom. The application was successful and the school was offered funding under the permanent accommodation scheme to build a permanent classroom. In the last few days, the school authority wrote to the school planning section of my Department seeking additional funding to build a permanent resource-learning support room on the basis that since January 2006 they have gained a significant increase in resource-learning support hours.
The school's request is currently being considered in the school planning section of my Department and the school will be notified as soon as a decision is reached.