335. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for an extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67800/26]

The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department's pipeline of school building projects under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme.

This project will provide four general classrooms, one technology room with prep area, three science labs with prep area, one art room, one music room, one multimedia room, one textile room, one home economics rooms, one special education tuition (SET) room, a six classroom special education needs (SEN) base, and ancillary together with conversion works to existing laboratories and a technology room to create two special education tuition (SET) rooms and a science lab with prep area.

The Stage 2a (detailed design) report has been submitted to my department and is currently under review. In line with the Department’s Infrastructure Guidelines, all projects are subject to the necessary technical and cost assessment as part of this process. Given the complexity of the evaluation and the need to ensure full cost compliance and alignment with the National Development Plan, this review is necessarily thorough. Managing timing, scope and cost is essential to ensuring projects can be delivered within the overall capital budget available.

As with all school building projects, progression through the remaining stages will be considered in the context of the funding available under the National Development Plan and the overall prioritisation of projects within the Department's capital programme. My department will continue to engage directly with the school, as appropriate, throughout the review process.