781 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for a building project by the board of management of a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [10573/06]

The school referred to by the Deputy was among the 43 schools which I listed in March 2005 as being ready to start architectural planning. The Department of Education and Science wrote to the school authorities on 27 June 2005 appointing a design team for the proposed building project and giving approval to proceed with a stage 1-2 submission — outline sketch scheme with costings. When the submission has been received by the Department, its officials will review the project and contact the school authorities about the next steps involved in progressing the project.