256 Mr. Collins asked the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the refurbishment or reconstruction of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [34681/06]

The School Planning Section of my Department is in receipt of an application for the Small Schools Scheme 2007 in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy. The application will be assessed by my officials and the list of successful applicants for the scheme will be published as soon as possible. The closing date for receipt of applications under this devolved scheme is 27 October 2006.

257 Mr. Collins asked the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the refurbishment or reconstruction of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [34682/06]

The school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. The brief for this project provides for a new 6 classroom school plus ancillary accommodation totalling 1030m2.

The architectural element of this project will be handled by my Department's in-house architect, with external professionals making up the remainder of the Design Team.

A planning and briefing meeting has been arranged for Wednesday November 8th. Following on from this meeting the Design Team will prepare a stage 1/2 submission (Site Suitability & Outline Sketch Scheme).

Progression of the project to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.