Cecilia Keaveney (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale involved in having an extension carried out to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3624/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which she refers is included in my recent announcement of 62 large scale building projects country wide which have been approved to progress under the school building and modernisation programme. These will be progressed by way of the appointment of a design team under my Department's capital programme for 2006.

The next step in the process is that a technical inspection of the school building will be undertaken by my Department and officials will be in contact with the school authorities in the near future in order to confirm a suitable date for this inspection. It is not possible at this point to indicate when the architectural planning process will be completed. There are five stages in this process and the timeframe for completing these stages is contingent on various factors including any unexpected issues that may arise, the period of time for the granting of planning permission, obtaining a fire certificate and so forth. Progression of projects to tender and construction stage is then considered on completion of the architectural planning process.

Cecilia Keaveney (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale involved in having an extension carried out to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3625/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which she refers is included in my recent announcement of 62 large scale building projects country wide which have been approved to progress under the school building and modernisation programme. These will be progressed by way of the appointment of a design team under my Department's capital programme for 2006.

The next step in the process is that a technical inspection of the school building will be undertaken by my Department and officials will be in contact with the school authorities in the near future in order to confirm a suitable date for this inspection. It is not possible at this point to indicate when the architectural planning process will be completed. There are five stages in this process and the timeframe for completing these stages is contingent on various factors including any unexpected issues that may arise, the period of time for the granting of planning permission, obtaining a fire certificate and so forth. Progression of projects to tender and construction stage is then considered on completion of the architectural planning process.