98 Deputy Mary O’Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the relocation of a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [40445/10]

The school authority of the school referred to by the Deputy has recently written to my Department advising that, following meetings with Department officials and senior officials of the County Council, the Patron acquired a site, subject to planning, to facilitate the construction of a new school building. My Department will be responding in due course to the issues raised in the correspondence from the school.

In accordance with the published criteria for large scale building projects, the project for this school has been assigned a Band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works, including this project, is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of the Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing demands on the Department's capital budget, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of a project at the school in question at this time.