Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The programme for Government contains a commitment to ensure a complete inventory of all school buildings and associated structures. This will be a major step forward and help to inform our future planning for schools. My Department is finalising proposals for the development of this inventory to expand on the information being collected and is working closely with the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland on this. It is anticipated that the pilot project will be put out for tender shortly. The pilot study is being concentrated initially on up to six areas. This is so that we can learn from the pilot exercise and evaluate both the methods of data collection and the level of useful detail to be gathered for the inventory. A further roll-out of the inventory exercise can then be considered in the light of the experience gained from the pilot exercise. We are seeking to ensure we get matters right before rolling it out across the entire educational infrastructure.

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