Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Committee on Education and Youth
Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth
2:00 am
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
I thank the Deputy. I am head of the planning and building unit. We have modular accommodation frameworks, we use project managers and we do a lot of work to get them done as quickly as possible. It can vary depending on the circumstances. If it is a single classroom, it can be six to nine months. If it is a larger modular unit, it is maybe nine to 12 months.
Danu, the example the Deputy is looking at, is one of our bigger modular accommodation projects. We always have to be conscious when delivering modular accommodation that we are delivering it in a live school environment. We have to be conscious of health and safety and of disruption. That modular unit is providing five SEN classrooms, each with quiet spaces, accessible and SET rooms, and sensory-----
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