Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
I will ask Ms Mannion to cover that question. Before I do, however, I refer to the Deputy's earlier question on units. There are 22 units at post-primary level. Generally, in terms of the reconfiguration of existing space, we have a national inventory of school capacity with good survey data coming back from schools. That gives us a good guide in terms of the schools that have the best opportunities for retrofitting and working through. We are conscious of the direction of travel and demographics generally at post-primary level. That will evolve over time. We will reach and are reaching peak, and that will evolve. Naturally, we will be looking at the opportunities that creates. We also have a strong pipeline of projects, which creates opportunities in the existing school system, and then modular is our back-up option. I will let Ms Mannion talk about the percentages.
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