§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Ballinamallard primary school, County Fermanagh, which was bomb-damaged in 1985 will be given priority for capital funding; and when a permanent extension will be provided to replace mobiles.
§ Dr. MawhinneyExtensive damage to the school as a result of a van bomb in September 1985 has been repaired. The provision of a permanent extension at the school has recently been the subject of an investment appraisal which is still under consideration by the Department of Education. It will depend upon the future detailed planning of the scheme, on the priority which will be attached to it by the Western education and library board and the level of financial resources available to the Department for the education capital programme. I cannot, therefore, predict a time scale for the project at this stage.