Mr. Hubert Loftus:

I am the head of the Department's planning and building unit. The Deputy will be aware that construction ceased across all area as part of the Covid response and projects re-mobilised from the middle of May. We had 200 building projects at construction stage and they are now largely re-mobilised. Our focus now is on getting them up and running and getting projects delivered.

As regards issues schools might have in September, our focus is on working through contingency arrangements with them. We have had detailed engagement with all the relevant schools and their patrons and are working out accommodation solutions for them. At this point, while we have some work to do with some individual schools, we are satisfied that we will have contingency arrangements in place for September.