Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
181 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new school (details supplied) will receive the go-ahead for architectural planning in view of the fact that the school is now urgently required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31913/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra222 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond positively to a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31912/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra233 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the building unit in her Department has received a proposal from a school (details supplied) to rent a vacant school premises while awaiting funding to construct a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32012/10]
Amharc ar fhreagra249 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant to the board of a school (details supplied) the necessary permission to allow it move, on a temporary basis, to an alternative school building (details supplied) which more adequately caters for the needs of the pupils; if any progress has been made in relation to the provision of a new permanent school building for said school in view of the fact that the school is currently operating from split-locations. [32187/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 181, 222, 233 and 249 together.
My Department recently advised the school authority that it is not in a position to grant aid the relocation of the school in question to another property. In reaching this decision, my Department considered the costs associated with a relocation together with the fact that a building project is being advanced which will provide a permanent solution to the long-term accommodation needs of the school. The school has since indicated to my Department that it intends appealing this decision and will be seeking an improved rental quotation from the landlord of the property in question. Any further correspondence received from the school will be considered by my Department.
I am pleased to confirm to the Deputies that the school was one of the school building projects announced by the then Minister for Education and Science in February 2010 to begin the design process and appoint design teams in the last quarter of 2010. My Department has advised the school authority that it will be in contact with the school in due course regarding the appointment of a design team.
