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:

Again, I came into this job as head of the planning and building unit back in October 2017, and that was just before the new national development plan, NDP, came through. In the period 2018 to 2022, we delivered in excess of 900 school building projects, and that is a huge level of investment. That involved an investment of more than €3.5 billion, which has had a real and positive impact in terms of education provision and education infrastructure. There is a huge amount to be done. We have a strong pipeline of delivery and much work to do, but a lot has been done, including in the area of special needs as well.

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